Disclaimer: How much I wish for it, I do not own one piece. I only own Mai.

Chapter 10.

I've been living on Fishman Island for three months now and I am starting to get better at controlling my devil fruit powers, and I am earning a lot of belis from working at the mermaid café.
After the war at marineford, a lot of pirates have been coming to Fishman Island, and as it is my home now, I have started to protect the Island from bandits and pirates with help from my devil fruit, because of that, I am starting to get 'famous' and almost everyone knows who I am.
There are a lot of rumors about me and where I come from.
When I came to Fishman Island, I fell from the sky, so a lot of people think that I'm some sort of angel or something. I think they are going a little overboard, but I'm happy that I'm accepted as one of them, even though I usually walk around with human legs.

I have trained hard, and I'm starting to get stronger.
One attack I usually use is to change myself to a snake, climb up the enemies legs and give them a big poisoned bite.
A few seconds later, they fall unconscious to the ground.


Today, as many other days, I was on my way to the café, when I suddenly heard noises from an alley to my right.

Thinking that it was pirates, I quickly turned right to look who it was.
However, there was no pirates there, and when I looked down, I saw five little mermaids talking to each other.

"I'm hungry." The first one said.

"I'm hungry!" Another repeated.

"I'm not hungry." A third mermaid said.

"I might be hungry." The forth one said to herself.

"I'm hungry, so what?" The last one said, and suddenly, they all turned their attention to me.

They all had cowboy hats, curly hair, crop-tops and tails with white stripes.

The first one who talked had red hair and her tail and hat was green, though her hat had white polka-dots, and her top was white.

The second one who talked had blond hair and her top, hat and tail was red.

The third one who talked had orange hair and her top, hat and tail was blue.

The forth one who talked had pink hair and her top and tail was brown and her hat white.

The fifth one who talked had dark brown hair and her top was black, her tail was yellow and her hat had jaguar-prints.

"I'm Ichika." The first said.

"I'm Nika." The second said.

"I'm Sanka." The third said.

"I'm Yonka." The forth said.

"I'm Yonka tsu." The fifth said.

"I… I'm Suzuki mai." I said, remembering them from the anime as Camies friends.

I smiled at them and asked the five mermaids. "If you're hungry, why not let me treat you some food at the mermaid café?"
Their faces lit up and I slowly turned around, going out from the alley, showing them the way to the café.