Well here we are at chapter 10! Surprise, bet you guys weren't expecting this to be up right after Chapter 9, but I wanted to surprise you guys and give you all a little gift for being so patient. I'm super happy with this story and the direction it's going, I have so much planned and looking forward to getting to it, if I can ever find time. As some of you probably know college is hard and all about time management so, I have days where I can write more than others, which are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and sometimes the weekends. So, I'll try and get on a regular schedule and with my wonderful co-writer things should go smooth once we get into a groove.
Also, I have another cool thing planned, so see the author note at the end to find out ~
Reviews:
Fireandicephoenix: thanks, yes it will be really fun to write, and every story needs a good rivalry, right? Yes, Eren really needs someone to help him with that. I'm glad you liked Phoenix's fight scenes, she was pretty awesome. She'll probably tell Aura all about it. Thanks, hope you're happy with the fast surprise update.
Turbulantreader05: you changed your username and for a minute I was confused with your review, haha. I'm glad you liked phoenix's fighting as well as Fawkes. They're both very cool and what I like about this crew is the fighting styles and abilities are different and complement each other. I would say this chapter is a little bit of both, with shenanigans and plot hope you like it.
Lacrimanightmare: glad you liked it, this chapter was written by purplethorn so the compliment goes to her. I hope I can get her personality right in this chapter as well. Yes, the fighting was awesome, and I love Junko and Eve's rivalry so definitely more of it coming.
GlaxeySkyGlim: Yes, same I love rivalries. Yeah, I'm sorry I left it so long without an update, but I'll try not to do that. I see that, thank you for the advice I'll try not to do that.
Carolyn12: Thank you, we're both glad you like it. Oh it definitely will be. Yeah, Blake is cool and her dream is very unique and will be fun to write. Glad you like it, the trident certainly does work for her.
Samuelx43a: Thank you. No problem, characters are always welcome. It definitely does, I'm grateful for all the reviews I get they all help.
Onyxwhip: Well I honestly don't know about that, I've never played the danganronpa game so I don't know about the characters, but I don't think she is. It wasn't mentioned in the oc form.
"GUYS, HURRY COME LOOK. ANOTHER ISLAND!" Aura's loud and excited voice rang out from the deck of the ship.
Phoenix looked up from a book she had been reading while sitting at the of the table in the kitchen. She looked over to see Eren had set down his pencil and sketchbook and was smiling slightly but he blushed brightly when he turned to see Phoenix staring intently at him. Hearing Aura so happy and bright again was a relief to the whole crew, they were all happy their captain was back to her usual self. Well almost, she was still a little weak and regaining her strength, so Blake made her come to her office, she had made one of the empty rooms below deck her office as well as sleeping quarters, regularly for checkups which was reinforced by the rest of the crew. If they didn't make her Aura would avoid going to Blake's office entirely, not that she didn't like Blake she just didn't like doctors or needles.
The crew had quickly learned how difficult it was going to be dealing with Aura's apparently severe fear of needles. A few days after leaving the island Blake had declared all the crew needed shots and Aura pretty much flipped her shit. The whole fiasco had been difficult and annoying to deal with, Aura's fear was one thing to deal with but her attempts to avoid Blake were another entirely. It took nearly the whole crew to catch her which was difficult because she kept using her ability to turn her body to wind to keep them from grabbing her. They were just happy to have it done with and didn't look forward to when they needed shots again.
"Well, shall we go see what Aura's so excited about." Phoenix said to Eren who nodded still blushing. They both walked out of the kitchen to see Aura standing on the head of the thunderbird, Eve had abandoned her training and was to the left of Aura while Fawkes stood still at the wheel.
"What that heck is she being so loud about!" Junko snapped as she walked from her room, she had probably been working on some new clothes. Junko was a designer and seamstress, she loved designing clothes and when she saw the crews lack clothes she had gotten to work on making some.
"Well, from what she said I'm guessing another island." Blake said frankly to Junko.
"I know that I can hear," Junko snapped. "I meant why is she so excited it's just an island."
"Aura is always excited," Phoenix said with a smile.
"You get used to it," Eren said quietly looking at Junko nervously, she seemed to scare poor Eren.
"Guys an island!" Aura exclaimed excitedly as she turned around to look at her crew which was standing behind her. "I'm tired of waiting, I'm going ahead!"
"Aura don't you dare! You're still healing!" Blake snapped and jumped forward but before Eve or Blake could grab Aura, she shot off into the air with a burst of wind that blew everyone back except for Fawkes and Eve.
"Shit," Eve muttered under her breath as she stared in the direction Aura had shot off to.
"I told her no extraneous activity, she's in for it when she gets back." Blake muttered looking annoyed.
"Let's just hope she doesn't get into any trouble before we get to the island." Phoenix said.
"Unlikely, She's a trouble magnet." Eren murmured.
"Blushy is right, I've only been on the crew a few days and I can see that. We'll be lucky if she doesn't have the entire island after us." Junko said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Blushy?" Eren said confused.
"Well yeah you blush all the time so you're blushy." Junko said bluntly. "Just like Aura is sunshine, Eve's the annoying moss hair, Phoenix is birdy, Blake is doc and Fawkes is mouse."
"Don't call me moss hair!" Eve snapped looking ready to use her swords on Junko.
"I will if I want to, moss hair." Junko said with a smirk.
"I'll cut you up!" Eve yelled angrily as she grabbed her sword.
"Enough both of you!" Phoenix yelled surprising them both, with her icy smile which made them both step back. "Now is not the time we need to get ready to dock and find our captain, understand."
"Yeah," Eve muttered looking away.
"Whatever," Junko said with a huff.
"Good," Phoenix said with a smile looking to see that Eren had backed himself against the rail looking scared.
"Someone has to stay with the ship when we dock." Eve said looking at the three then to Fawkes who was still at the wheel.
"I will," Eren said quietly after a beat of silence. 'I'll make a list of supplies that we need."
"I'll stay behind as well, I have somethings I need however so I'll give you my list." Blake said to them.
"Okay, then the rest of us split up, Phoenix and Junko you go get supplies and Fawkes and I will look for Aura." Eve said to the group.
"Why do you get to decide, you're not captain." Junko said with a glare at the girl.
"I'm first mate so I'm the boss when Aura isn't around or is hurt." Eve said with a triumphant smirk.
"Whatever, I had stuff I needed to get anyway and no way I would leave that to someone like you." Junko huffed looking away.
During the two girls arguing they didn't notice they were now near the island and near a small cove. The cove was tiny but good enough for the ship to stay anchored and had a small beach as well as a trail leading into the dense jungle that seemed to cover the island. Tall trees and thick undergrowth were all that could be seen.
"All right time to head out," Eve said as the ship pulled into the cove. "Let's find our captain and whatever trouble she got into."
"Woohoo!" Aura yelled as she flew towards the island. She willed the winds to slow down and she stopped, floating above the center of the island. It was covered in mostly jungle except for two areas, there appeared to be two villages on opposite sides of the island. One toward the north part of the island on top of bare hill that overlooked the jungle and the other to the south on the side of a large beach surrounded by jungle.
"Hmm, which side should I explore first?" Aura wondered aloud. "I think I'll choose the beach village that looks cool and closer to where the ship was, I think."
Aura flew until she neared the beach village and allowed the wind to lower her until her feet touched the sand of the beach. She had landed at the edge of the beach on the outskirts of the village. There was a small trail along the edge of the beach with small torches along the trail. Aura walked along the trail gazing at the beach then the jungle enjoying the sights, she'd never been to a jungle before maybe she could see a monkey, that would be cool, or a tiger that would be even cooler. She continued along until she finally reached the village, there were a bunch of huts and buildings which were all in a large circle leaving the center of the village bare except for a small pavilion with a seats and picnic tables under it with torches surrounding the building.
"Cool" Aura said looking around at the small village.
"Who are you," a voice hissed breaking Aura away from gawking at the village and its sights.
"Huh," Aura murmured confused as she turned around to the source of the voice behind her. Her eyes widened slightly as she took in the sight of the girl behind her holding a battle axe out, prepared to attack. The girl had solid white hair pulled up in a messy pony tail and long bangs framing her face. Her sharp purple eyes were glaring at Aura in suspicion and anger brewing in them.
"I won't repeat myself again, who are you." The girl snapped reading her axe.
"Wow is that a tiger!" Aura exclaimed looking at the orange and black striped tiger mask on the girl's face. She was covered in light orange leather armor and she had black padded combat boots. "That's really cool! My name's Aura and your armor is awesome! Are you a warrior or something?"
"Yes, I am the strongest warrior of my clan and if you're here to attack know that I'll kick your ass." She said tightly her hands clutching her axe.
"I'm not here to fight I'm just passing through, I promise." Aura said with a smile as she lifted her hands up in a placating gesture. "You're part of a clan huh? I was too, a long time ago."
"A clan?" the girl said warily but she lowered her axe slightly.
"Yep, we were warriors too. But like I said a long time ago. So now that you know me wanna tell me your name, maybe show me around?" Aura suggested with a grin.
"I'm Shimo," She said after a beat of silence. "I'll show you around only because I do not trust you and you are not allowed to roam our village alone you could be trying to trick me. If so I won't hesitate to kill you."
"Okay," Aura said happily.
"Y-you're not protesting, most do when I tell them they aren't permitted to be without guard in our village." Shimo said in a surprised tone.
"Nope," Aura said popping the 'p.' She glanced around her before looking at Shimo expectantly with a grin.
"Fine," Shimo said sharply. "Follow me."
Shimo showed Aura around the small village showing her the different shops which were only a small shop with locally grown food as well as meat hunted from the jungle, a small clothing shop, and a blacksmith. They were currently at a large building near the end of the road where all the shops and houses were situated. The building had two guards standing at the steps that led up to the house, they nodded at Shimo as she led Aura up the steps.
"This is where our leader lives, he handles all the important business of our clan Tora. He's probably going over our most recent battle with the Raion." Shimo said as they headed up the steps.
"The Raion?" Aura said curiously.
"The Raion is a rival clan that lives on the other side of the island, we have been locked in an endless battle with them for as long as I can remember. Our clan is made of mostly men, so mostly everyone participates in the fight, even me. Owen didn't…" Shimo stopped talking abruptly a pained look came across her face that quickly morphed to anger, her fists balled up at her side were shaking. She took a deep breath before releasing her fists and continued walking. Aura chose to stay silent, whatever happened had be terrible, she looked so upset. They walked into the building, and into a giant dining room with a long table. Animal furs, and mounts were on the walls of the room and at the far end was a giant fireplace that had two giant broadswords mounted and crossing to form an 'x.' As they walked in, Shimo slide her mask to the side revealing her face, she had sharp cheekbones and her sharp bright purple eyes which made it look like she was glaring angrily.
At the end of the table were several men, two sitting to the left and right of one man sitting in a larger chair at the end of the table. They all looked up when the door banged shut behind them.
"Shimo," one of the men sitting to the left of the man in the large chair said. "Who's the girl."
"Kile, Tarryn, Ellis, I found this outsider entering our village and I couldn't leave her to roam without a guard she could have come to attack."
"Shimo, I understand that you are wary but not everyone that comes here is an enemy." The man with red hair and a scar across his left eye in the large chair said with a sigh and sympathetic look in his eyes.
"Tarryn, we hardly get visitors and when we did they…" Shimo started her voicing raised and frustrated.
"I agree with Tarryn, Shimo she might not be an enemy and we can't just accuse everyone of trying to attack." A man with long black hair held back in a ponytail with a single braided strand falling to the right side of his face.
"Kile! How could you say that, we have to be ready pirates could attack again!" Shimo yelled frustrated.
"I'm not here to attack guys, I mean yeah we're pirates but we're not bad we just stopped to explore because this is the first island since I was sick, and I didn't get to explore the last island. So, I made us stop here, because I needed some adventure and fun or I was gonna explode. Don't worry about us, if Eve has her way we'll leave tomorrow but I don't wanna. I promise we won't cause trouble." Aura rambled not noticing the look of anger morphing on Shimo's face and the looks of shock on the three men's faces.
"You're a pirate!" Shimo yelled in fury as she grabbed her axe and jumped at Aura swinging it wildly. Aura jumped back quickly in shock and she unsheathed her swords just in time to stop another wild swing towards her head.
"What are doing, I just said I'm not here to attack!" Aura yelled in shock as she struggled to hold back the axe.
"I don't care, you're a pirate and I'll kill you!" Shimo yelled.
"I don't see any explosions or destruction so that's a good thing." Phoenix said as she and Junko walked down the path into village. They had split away from Eve and Fawkes who went into the jungle looking for Aura. They would get supplies at this small village as well as keep an eye out for Aura.
"Yeah, looks like Aura isn't here. If she was we would probably see or hear her by now. So, let's get the stuff and go. Does this place even have a store?" Junko said as she looked around the small village.
"Of course, it does, people live here so how do you think they get their food." Phoenix said to the girl who snorted.
"They probably hunt for it, I mean it looks like they would they live in huts." Junko said with a laugh.
"Junko!" Phoenix said sharply hitting the girl on the arm. "Be nice."
"I only tell it how I see it and let's face the facts here, they live in huts." Junko said. "We might as well head back to the…"
Junko was interrupted by a loud crashing sound as the doors to the larger building at the end of the road crashed open and a girl came crashing out she managed to flip back missing hitting the steps and landing in the dirt. She wore light orange armor and wielded a battle axe.
"Oh no, don't tell me its Aura." Phoenix groaned out.
"It's Aura," Junko said as she looked up to see Aura standing in the entrance of the building.
"Look tiger lady, I really don't want to fight you." Aura said to the girl. "If you just let me go my crew and I will leave okay."
"No, you made the mistake of coming to this island and an even bigger mistake of telling me you were a pirate so now I'm going to kill you." Shimo hissed angrily.
"Aura!" Phoenix yelled running up with Junko behind her. Aura looked up and her eyes widened.
"Guys don't!" Aura yelled to them but before she could move Shimo had whipped around and was charging at Phoenix who was struggling to grab her trident that was strapped to her back. Junko shoved Phoenix to the side having already created a sword of glue and took Shimo's attack which completely cut her glue sword in half.
"Shit!" Junko yelled as she was hopping back. "She cut my sword in half like it was nothing, what do I do? I know, this will only buy me a little time, but it could work."
Junko covered her hands in a thick coating of her glue and quickly ducked one of Shimo's powerful swings and grabbed Shimo's left foot covering it in glue and sticking it to the ground. Junko quickly jumped back just as Shimo swung down, her axe cut a strand of Junko hair causing her eyes to widen as she stumbled back and fell to the ground. Shimo angrily pulled at her foot to no avail but it was stuck to the ground.
"Junko are you okay!" Aura yelled as she ran over helping Junko up off the ground. Phoenix ran over looking Junko over worriedly.
"Thanks, I would be dead if you hadn't acted so quickly." Phoenix said with a small smile.
"No problem birdy, but you should work on your reaction time." Junko said as she brushed dirt off her clothes. Aura suddenly jerked around and brought up one of her swords her eyes locked onto Shimo.
"I told you I don't want to fight, but if you hurt my friends I'll fight you. I will win because I'm not dying here, and neither are they." Aura growled out her eyes blazing. Shimo having stopped her struggles, simply glared at Aura her eyes lit up in anger as well.
"SHIMO!" A voice yelled causing them all to look up to see Tarryn standing in the entrance of the building with Kile and Ellis at his sides. "That's enough. These people have done nothing to attack us and you will stop this. Now."
"But they're pirates!" Shimo yelled back with a glare towards Aura.
"They may be, but they have not attacked us yet, and until they prove to be hostile we will treat them hospitably." Tarryn said to the girl. "Right now, you are acting no better than the pirates you so hate."
This caused her to freeze, her eyes widening, and pain crossed her face. She slumped, her face towards the ground and she suddenly jerked down her hand touching the glue covering her foot and it was suddenly covered in what looked like frost. She froze the glue and jerked her foot, the glue breaking into pieces. Shimo, now free from the glue, ran off down the road and into the jungle.
"I'll go after her," Kile said with a sigh as he began walking down the steps and towards the direction Shimo ran.
"Come in, please, we owe you an explanation." Tarryn said as he gestured for them to walk into the building. Junko and Phoenix began walking, following the two men inside. Aura started walking but stopped, looking back towards the jungle Shimo had disappeared into before turning and continuing inside.
Shimo continued running blindly not even looking where she was running, tears pricked her eyes blurring her vision. How could he say that! He knows what pirates did, they killed Owen! They are filthy and terrible and he's just going to let these pirates walk around the village.
Shimo stopped breathing hard, anger and sadness coursed through her. Pirates had taken Owen from her, from the clan so she couldn't understand how Tarryn could let these other pirates just walk in their village. Shimo yanked out her axe and began blindly hacking away angrily at a tree until it fell before switching to another one. She didn't stop until all the trees around her were cut down and she was panting tiredly tears streaming down her face. She saw flashes of it, of Owen, his smile and she screamed out in anger and sadness.
"I understand how you feel," Kile said making her jerk around in surprise. He walked over and sat down on one of the stumps of the trees Shimo had cut down.
"No, you don't." Shimo said shortly not looking at him.
"Shimo, you're not the only one that misses Owen, we all do. And yes, we all hate the pirates that killed him, but those girls are not the same." Kile said to her. "You know, Owen told me a story once. A story from his father when Owen had been just a baby. He said pirates had come to their village, and they had saved it from another group of pirates that had attacked. Apparently, the captain of this crew went on to become the pirate king. I don't think all pirates are bad, I know it seems that way but they're not. Saying that would be the same as saying all people are bad because one person killed someone."
"I…I just. I miss him so much and when I hear the word pirates all I can see is Owen and it makes me so angry." Shimo said wiping the tears falling down her face.
"I know, princess, I know." Kile said as he stood up walking over to her and he pulled her into a hug. "Look, just come back and talk to them maybe you'll see they're not so bad. You don't have to stay for long, but at least try."
"Fine," Shimo said with a huff as she wiped her eyes. "But I can't promise I still won't attack them."
"That's all I can ask for I guess," Kile said with a laugh as he pulled away from Shimo. Shimo smiled herself, as she stared at Kile. Then there was a loud gun shot that cause Shimo to jump she looked around before looking to Kile and eyes widened as she saw him clutch his side before falling. Blood was quickly covering his left side and hands as he clutched at the wound.
"Kile!" She yelled as she dropped down to his side. "Don't worry, I'll get you back. You'll be okay I promise."
She looked up sharply towards where the shot had come from her eyes widening as she saw marines standing at the edge of the clearing. Why would they shoot Kile, he didn't do anything! They're supposed to protect people! They shot him, I'll kill them!
Shimo jumped up grabbing her axe but before she could move towards them, a loud bang came from behind her and then something was wrapping around her knocking her over. She fell to the ground and if felt like all her strength was gone, she could barely move to try and get the net that had wrapped around her off. Shimo weakly struggled to free herself as one of the marines walked over to her, he had marine uniform on, with a coat draped over his shoulders. He was old and fat, with thinning black hair and beady black eyes.
"Perfect," The man said with a smug look. "We have the girl from the Tora and the boy from the Raion so with this we can force these savages to bow down to us and we can begin cutting down this jungle. Then we can start building the base. All right men, let's take her to the ship."
"You'll pay for this. I will kill you for this." Shimo hissed angrily up at the man as two marines grabbed the net.
"I doubt it dear, because as soon as these savages surrender to save yourself and the boy we'll kill them and you." The marine said with a laugh.
"Why," Shimo said weakly.
"Because we need this island, it is primitive and deserted and perfect for our, shall we say secret, operations." The marine said before snapping his fingers. "Hurry up men, I would like to have this done today so we begin operations for the base tomorrow."
"What about the man?" one of the marines asked him.
"Leave him, he'll bleed out eventually." The marine said as he began walking away. The two marines holding her net began dragging her away and all Shimo could do was stare back at Kile's still form, a single tear rolling down, Please Kile, please don't die. Not you, I can't lose you too.
"Okay if I have to swat away another mosquito I will scream." Eve hissed angrily as she stomped through the jungle. "I'm going to kill Aura for making me trek through this humid, bug infested jungle to find her. Aura, sitting at the table drinking a cold drink, shivered feeling a sense of dread and she sneezed loudly causing Phoenix to look at her worriedly hoping she wasn't feeling sick again.
Eve continued, but stopped when Fawkes grabbed her arm. She looked back at him, to see he was pointing to the left of them. She looked to see several chopped down trees, but she gasped when she saw the still figure of a man.
"C'mon," Eve said as she ran over to the man. She dropped down next to his unconscious form looking him over and her eyes widened at the gunshot wound on his side.
"He's been shot, this doesn't look good. He's lost a lot of blood, we need to take him back to the ship, it's closer and Blake can help him." Eve said glancing up at Fawkes who nodded. Fawkes gently picked up the man who groaned in pain.
"We better hurry," Eve said and the two started running in the direction of the ship.
When they reached the ship, the two hurried aboard and dashed toward Blake's quarters. Eve slammed the door open causing Blake who was holding a tube full of liquid to jump and almost drop it.
"Was that necessary." Blake hissed angrily before she caught sight of Fawkes carrying the injured man. "Hurry, set him down on the cot." Blake quickly began grabbing bandages, and mixing a tube of liquid. She turned and quickly was at the man's side and she cut open his shirt to reveal the wound. She examined the wound, "He's lucky it looks like the bullet went clean through. All that's worrying right now is the blood loss. I'll need to figure out his blood type and see if one of you match."
The man suddenly groaned in pain and his eyes fluttered open. He tried to sit up, but Blake gently restrained him. "Don't move," She said gently.
"No, I have to save Shimo, they took her. Please I have to go." He groaned out weakly struggling.
"You need to stay still, or you will die." Blake said to him. "You're no good to this girl in your current position."
"Please, save her." He said his eyes locking onto Eve and Fawkes. "She's like a daughter to me, please help her." Then he passed out collapsing against the cot.
"That's the last of his energy, it's going to be close, but I can save him. Now what are you waiting for, are you going to go help the girl or not?" Blake asked glancing at Fawkes and Eve only once. "Eren's here so he'll help me if I need it, so go."
Eve looked to Fawkes and he nodded, "All right let's go find this Shimo girl."
"I'm sorry for how Shimo reacted but, you have to understand what pirates have done to this clan." Tarryn said with a sigh. They were sat at the table in the building. Tarryn in his seat and Ellis to the right, Aura, Phoenix and Junko sat to the left.
"Pirates came to this clan and they killed the past leader, Owen. Owen was like a father to Shimo. He found her when she was just a baby washed ashore in a basket. She was like his daughter and he raiser her like so. She became seen as the fierce little princess of the clan, well only called princess because that's what Owen called her. She certainly doesn't act like a princess but that's probably our fault, we don't have many women in the clan, so we didn't exactly raise her like a girl. But Owen loved her so much and she loved him. So, when we were attacked and one of the pirates tried to take her he fought back and was killed."
"That's terrible," Aura said with a frown.
"I can understand why she hated us so much." Phoenix said sadly.
"She still shouldn't try to kill us, we didn't do anything." Junko said as she crossed her arms and leaned back in the chair.
"I know and I'm sorry for how she acted. She's just filled with so much anger and sadness." Tarryn said with a sigh.
"Chief!" A voice called, and a younger man came running into the building. They all glanced up to see the young man standing in the entrance of the building.
"What's wrong?" Tarryn asked standing up.
"It's the Raion Chief, he's here and he asked to meet with you!" The man said with a worried look.
"Well, let's go meet him then shall we, but Ellis go inform the others and get ready for a fight." Tarryn said to Ellis who nodded and left.
"We'll help you fight if it comes to that." Aura said with a grin.
"Thank you that means a lot." Tarryn said with a grateful look to the girl.
They headed down the steps and toward the pavilion where a man with long black hair held back in a braid and a group of warriors waited. Tarryn walked up calmly and sat across from the man under the pavilion. Several Tora clan members arrived swarming the area and the tension was palpable, the rivalry between the two obvious.
"Kai, what are you doing here." Tarryn said calmly. "If you're here for a fight you've got one."
"No, I am not here to fight. I am here because marines invaded our village and attacked killing several people and they took my son." Kai growled out his blue eyes like chips of ice.
"What, why would they attack? And they took your son, he's just a boy." Tarryn said shock evident in his voice.
"That's not all, I sent several men after then to track where they were taking my son and to plan an attack when we saw them carrying away the girl Shimo." Kai said causing most of the Tora crowded around to yell out in outrage.
"They took Shimo! I don't want to fight marines, but they took a member of my clan and I won't stand for that!" Tarryn yelled looking out to the crowd. "I know we don't get along with the Raion, but this time let's come together to fight for our island and our people. We must take back what is ours!"
The crowded roared in approval and both leaders stood up, shaking hands in agreement. Phoenix, who had been standing in between Aura and Junko, looked at the two. Aura had her eyes locked on Tarryn a serious look in her eyes before she turned to Phoenix and Junko.
"We're going to help them." Aura said to the two girls.
"What! Why? We shouldn't be helping save that girl she tried to kill us!" Junko exclaimed looking at Aura as if she was crazy.
"I have to agree with Junko this time Aura, I know you like to help people but this time I think we should stay out of this. I mean Shimo certainly doesn't like us." Phoenix said to Aura.
"Shimo didn't attack us because she hates us, I mean she does hate pirates but that's not why she attacked. She attacked us because she's in pain and we brought up the very thing that causes her pain." Aura murmured quietly looking at them intently. "I like Shimo and I think she just needs someone, she's alone and in pain and I know how that feels. So, I want to help, we're going to help."
Phoenix and Junko stayed silent after that, starring at Aura in shock. It was sometimes surprising how insightful and thoughtful Aura could be. She seemed to be able to read and understand people. Junko groaned in annoyance, "Do you always have to get us into this shit."
"Yes, I feel like Aura has a certain knack for finding trouble." Phoenix said with laugh at Aura who was pouting.
"I don't just find trouble sometimes I stumble upon it, or it finds me. It's not my fault trouble like me." Aura said while pouting.
"Aura!" Aura, Phoenix and Junko turned around to see Fawkes and Eve running up.
"Finally found the captain moldylocks. I thought it was your job to find the captain and us to get supplies." Junko said with a smirk and Eve scowled back at the girl.
"Shut up, we would have found her sooner, but we found a man injured in the woods and we took him to Blake. He told us that some girl named Shimo was taken and for us to save her." Eve said to them.
"Oh, we know Shimo!" Aura exclaimed. "She's our new crew member!"
"What!" Junko yelled. "She tried to kill us!"
"Well so did you, you certainly seemed like you were trying to kill me when we fought highlighter head." Eve said with a smirk, causing Junko to scowl and cross her arms over her chest.
"When exactly did you decide this Aura," Phoenix asked with a sigh.
"When I met her, I mean she's really cool! She looks like a tiger, she's strong, she has a cool axe and she can control ice, or frost or well I'm not sure but I know I like her and she's a crew member now. So, we gotta save her okay?" Aura said to them. The others simply sighed knowing now that Aura decided there was no changing it.
"I suppose we should get ready for the fight then." Eve said, Aura grinned in response, Fawkes nodded, Phoenix simply laughed quietly, and Junko was silent before sighing and nodding.
"Let's go save our new crew member!"
Done, sorry I left it right there but it just kind of happened that way. At least next chapter will have a lot of action and fighting. The next chapter will come out soon, probably I don't know yet but considering I have fall break soon I'll have more time to write so probably soon. Anyway, the cool thing I wanted to do. Well, since its October, fall and Halloween are two of my favorite things, I want to do a Halloween arc this month, something scary that may or may not be inspired by some horror movies I've seen recently. Let's just say the villain's devil fruit is very unique and slightly scary or horrifying depending on how easily scared you are. I'm not sure yet on all of what I want to do, I only have some ideas, but I'll take suggestions about any scary things you want to see or ideas. And costumes, who do you see dressed up as what? So yeah, this arc, I'll call it the Halloween arc, will be a little longer hopefully two to four chapters over this month and maybe if I can manage this end it on Halloween with an update ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
We'll see how things work out.
~ so tell me what you all think of this and anything you wanna see. Thanks for being so patient with me and I appreciate all the feedback.
~ also with submissions, the only things left are 1 warlord spot, and I'm still taking a few marines, preferably 1 or 2 admirals and vice-admirals then I'll close submissions so send them in now.
The crew:
Captain- Aura
First mate- Eve
Chef- Eren
Navigator- Fawkes
Doctor- Blake
Musician- Phoenix
Archaeologist- Takashi
Shipwright- Terrell
Astronomer/Scholar- Sterling
Lookout/Seamstress- Junko Hayashi
Sniper- Xander
Stern Master- Shimo Verglas
Pirate Warlords:
***5 in total: 1 spots open
1. The Knight -(whitewolflune)
2. Harlotte Widow- (Xy-Guy)
3. Arias Sera- (RiverAxisInsert)
4. Avion Dracconus- (Rayzer)
Emporers:
2 in total: full
1. Pride Pirates -(whitewolflune)
2. Free Pirates- (Lucifers Descendant)
**Marines:
Admiral-
Admiral-
Vice-Admiral-
Vice-Admiral-
Admiral Tanaka- (Whitewolflune)
Marine Captain Spade- (kerennie)
Ronin- (Carolyn12)
Deadshot Richtor- (Xy-Guy)
Greed- (Notadeadguy)
Vice-Admiral Prag- (El Pirato)
Luna Blade- (Lonlystone)
Lexus Durge- (OnyxWhip)
Supernova Rookies-
9 in total: no spots open
1. Aura -(whitewolflune)
2. Eve -(PurpleThorn)
3. Captain of the Griffin Heart Pirates -(whitewolflune)
4. Samael Jones - (Carolyn12)
5. Sharp Shooter Ash - (fireandicephoenix)
6. No-Name Natsu- (fireandicephoenix)
7. Cadence Velvet- (Phantom Thief of the Stars)
8. Scion of the Sea- (RiverAxisInsert)
9. The Hunter- (samuelx43a)
Pirate crews-
Griffin Heart Pirates- (Whitewolflune)
No-Name Pirates- (fireandicephoenix)
Black Heart Pirates- (Carolyn12)
Free Pirates- (Lucifers Descendant)
King of Guns Pirates- (fireandicephoenix)
Pride Pirates- (Whitewolflune)
Symphony Pirates- (Phantom Thief of the Stars)
Harlotte's Raiders- (Xy-Guy)