Cat's Have Nine Lives, Remember?
"We missed the fight?" Luffy frowned as I facepalmed.
Zoro whacked Luffy on his head.
"Dumbass! Of course we missed it, she just took the whole crew on!" He told Luffy bearing his teeth.
Luffy rubbed his head frowning at Zoro.
"Unreal..." Nami said looking at me with wide eyes holding her staff.
'...Where the staff come from?' I thought, looking at the staff tilting my head. Dusk landed on my leg and started to lick a cut that was inflicted, I didn't even feel that one.
"You let your cat lick that?" Usopp asked in a grossed out tone.
'Oh yeah...he doesn't know about Dusk.' I thought, stared at Usopp's face it made me laugh a bit.
"H-hey! What's so funny?" Usopp asked, balling his fist. I got a closer look on Usopp when I saw some dried blood stains on his head, he got hurt from something.
I was going to ask about it until an unfamiliar voice spoke out catching my attention.
"My, My, Jango! Mehamehame!" A female voice laughed, I turned to see what was going on and froze.
'I-I never seen her b-before..!' I thought stuttering. "Deow?" Dusk flicked his ear and tilt his head.
She looked to be a very tall woman, wearing cat looking make-up and had the appearance of Felicia from Darkstalkers, but instead of a white color was a black colored cat outfit. "Holy muffins..." I mumbled, staring at her. "Deow..." Dusk looked to where I was staring.
She jumped down, looking around at the twitching pirates on the ground and kicked one.
"Humph! I wake up from my cat nap to see you all on the ground, beat up!" She yelled, pouting as some groaned getting her hear them.
"B-but Cat Mi-mistress Nyx...th-that gir-girl wit-with weird po-powers wa-was the one th-that beat us..." They explained to her then pointed at me. She flipped her jet black bob cut hair, putting her hands...paw..things on her hips and ask, "Wonder who could that be?"
"Screw you people..." I grumbled then this Nyx person turned her gaze to me and laughed, loudly.
"What's with her?" Zoro asked, raising a brow. "Dunno. Maybe she found something funny?" Luffy chimed in just as clueless.
"That small thing? She looks like she couldn't hurt a fly! Mehamehameha!" Nyx laughed, pointing me and held her stomach as if I'm the most funniest thing in the world.
I made a fist in anger as I looked at her. "Cat Mistress Nyx..." One said as he stared up at her.
"Get up!" She ordered them when she stopped laughing.
"But-" He was cut off by Nyx.
"Up NOW!" They all quickly stood up, holding weapons and waited for orders.
"You've got to be kidding me...I barely did any type of damage to them..." I spoke, feeling worse than I was just a few minutes ago. "Now! ATTACK THE VILLAGE!" Nyx ordered again.
They all turned rushing us the hill again, I tried to stand up but Nami stopped me by whacking the top of my head.
"Let these two take care of them." She said to me as I held my head and nodded. Luffy and Zoro got ready to attack as the black cat pirates rushed to the opening where we stand and in a flash they were all sent back, soaring in the air.
Even Usopp launched one or two pellets at some but went to shaking in his legs.
"Wha-WHAT?" Nyx yelled shocked along with Jango who gulped and stepped back. The black cat pirates were all over, laying on the ground again and out.
"Well that was easy." Zoro said, putting his sword and crossed his arms. "Yeah." Luffy agreed, putting a hand on his hat. "Who's laughing now, huh?" I yelled to her as she growled at me.
Jango looked up at the ship cat front and mumble something when Nyx turned to look at him. "Jango! Do something!" She ordered.
"A-alright, Nyx..." Jango said, looking spooked as he said something to the black cat pirates. They looked up at him swinging something in front of them.
"One...two...Jango!" I heard the hypnotist say, swinging his circle thing by a string at the crawling crew.
After second, I saw the crew that was on the ground, get back up and roar loudly. I squinted my eyes as one of them punched the side of the cliff into debris. "Good work, Jango!" Nyx said smiling, jumping in enjoy.
I snapped back to the others when it finally came to me.
"Someone cover Luffy's e-!" Too late, Luffy's eyes were covered by his hat and looked down. "Muffins..." I frowned. Usopp looked at me from seeing Luffy hypnotized. "Muffins?" Usopp asked from behind me.
"Look you guys might wanna move. Luffy! We'll take it from here." Zoro said, putting his sword in front.
Luffy was quiet. "You don't have to tell me twice!" As Usopp crawled away quickly. "So what is Luffy?...Uh Luffy?" Zoro asked looking over to him. I tried getting up but fell on my butt saying, "Zoro! Luffy's been hypno-" I was cut off by Luffy's roar. "AHH!"
"Don't tell me you let the freak hypnotize you too!" Zoro yelled bearing his teeth at Luffy. "He really is a simple minded idiot!" Nami said, seeing Luffy run and yell.
Jango's whole hypnotized crew roared again loudly, running towards the opening of the beat up hill and kept shouting. Luffy did the same thing but ran down the hill, yelling loudly with balled fists.
"What in the world?" Nyx said upon noticing Luffy. "What is he doing?" Jango added from the sidelines next to Nyx, staring too.
"Gum..Gum..Gatling!" Luffy roared, punching every single one of them and knocking them down completely. He kept running to their ship.
"Where's he going?" Zoro asked, clueless on knowing what Luffy is doing. Luffy grabbed the front of their ship. "Yeah! That's right, tear it down!" Nami cheered. "AHH!" Luffy ripped the head cat part thing right off and tried to balance the giant cat thing.
I saw Nyx yell at Jango as he reluctantly nodded and took out his hypno-circle thing. Then Luffy had fallen to sleep by Jango and let the front part of their ship squash him under it.
"Luffy!" I yelled, standing up and quickly regretted doing so. "Ow! Pain...why did I do that..." I groaned, going down on my knee holding my side. 'Luffy's alright...Remember he's rubber after all...' I recalled, gritting my teeth in slight pain.
"Dew..." Dusk flew up in the air, biting my overall strap.
"Ah! Luffy got squashed!" Usopp panicked seeing Luffy under the cat ship thing, having help from Nami to stand up. "That idiot!" Nami yelled, waving balled fist in the air in anger. "Look what he got himself into..." Zoro said looking at him.
"He just ruined our ship..." Nyx said as Jango is in shock, sweat dropping. "I-I...nearly g-got crushed..." Jango stuttered, shaking at the thought of being crushed. "SHAM! BUCHI! Get out here NOW!" Nyx yelled as two...very weird..and strange looking guys appeared in front of her.
"Yes, Cat Mistress Nyx?" Sham and Buchi asked in unison, bowing down to her.
'Their even more creepy looking in person!' I thought, making a face at them. "What's with that face?" I heard Zoro ask me and I snapped to face him, recalling what I had to tell him.
"Zoro!" I yelled, he flinched. "What is it?" Zoro asked back as I got up. "Whoa!...Hey, watch it.." Zoro said, helping me stand right along with Dusk.
"When you go up against those two, use all three of your swords." I told him, leaning on my left leg. "Deow!" Dusk yelped, pushing my back to stand right. "Why? I can just use one." Zoro said, sounding confident.
"Are you questioning an injured girl?" I questioned, giving him dead serious stare.
"Uh...Fine." Zoro uttered, taking his swords out. I smiled, "And they might try to trick you in getting your swords so watch out." Zoro looked at me from the corner of his eyes then back to the fight in hand, nodding.
"Get them!" I heard Nyx yelled, she pointed to the direction we were and the Meowban Brothers, grinned.
The Meowban Brothers headed up here as Zoro headed for them. The skinny creep slashed at him, Zoro blocked the attack and slashed him away to block the big creep next. The two strike together this time and Zoro protected himself with his three swords, sending them back.
The two brothers took each turns to attack him as Zoro was able to block each one with ease then easily took them out on one attack. 'Okay Zoro's alright, now time to res..-' My thought's were stopped when I saw a flash of orange ran pass me. "Dew!Dew!" Dusk yelped in air.
'Nami?' I thought. "I'll wake up Luffy myself!" Nami yelled, running down the hill.
"Nami! Wait!" I yelled, taking off after her when I saw Nyx and Jango turn at her. Nyx put her gaze to the three of us as she growled and took a cat stance.
"Want to get something done? You do it yourself." Nyx growled, running off on all fours. "She's heading your way!" Usopp yelled, Nyx was getting closer and Jango got his ring out.
"Luffy! Wake up!" Nami yelled, stepping on his face. "Nami! Rosa! Watch out!" I heard Zoro yell. "Cat-Cat...CLAWS!" I heard Nyx yell but I ignored, it sounded that it was far away. Bad mistake.
"Ow! Nami! You don't step on-" I pushed Nami out the way when Luffy grabbed her foot, but that's all I heard as a terrible pain seared my back. A ringing came into my ears.
-SLICE!RIP!SLICE!-
"ROSA!" I heard someone shout as I looked around on the rocky ground. "DEOW!" I felt something drip down my sides and something cold embedded in my shoulder blade. "That's it? Can't see her fighting off the whole crew." I heard Nyx said sounding rather snobby.
'Shut...up..' I really wanted to throw sphere at her right now but I lost all feeling in my right arm. From ground level vision, I saw Nami fall on her legs and mumbled, "Rosa...If I hadn't ran.." Looking down at me. "Rosa! Don't die!" Luffy yelled though I couldn't look at him.
"I'm alright..." I could tell them as I flinched in pain trying to speak. "Ow..." I mumbled, losing focus in my eyes. "Heh. She's so weak!" Nyx said, going on and on about me being weak when I felt a gust of air rushed pass me. "She's not WEAK!" Luffy roared. I heard a jaw crushing sound.
I saw Nami's hand headed for something on my back, I felt what she grabbed and it was the ring in my shoulder. "AH!" I screamed, feeling the thing come out. I think it hit a bone. "I'm sorry! We can't just leave it there..." Nami said, throwing the hypno ring away.
'It hasn't been the Arlong Arc and already I'm screwed...' I thought, feeling relief on my shoulder.
"What the hell are you doing? It is passed dawn and my plan has not started." Came the voice of the Captain Kuro himself, I didn't listen to what he said as Nami tried to get me to stand up.
"Y-you were telling the tru-truth?" Nami asked me, I only nodded leaning against her and felt my blood drip down my back. I saw Jango sweating way too much and Nyx on the ground out cold, while the two brothers trying to stand were...getting angry.
"You calling us WEAK?" The two yelled at their former captain. I didn't listen to each when they pounced at Kuro but in a flash there was a ripped up bag falling to the ground and Kuro behind the Meowban Brothers at their throats.
"Your going to kill who?" Kuro asked, calmly. I couldn't hold on any longer as I saw Kuro let them go. Zoro blocked and he quickly knocked them out again. "Deow!..." I heard say from a distance, getting closer.
"Luffy..." Luffy turned to face me. "Yeah?" He asked. "Kick Kuro's ass...for me.." I blacked out.
I woke up to the black void, the black mask with red outline and eyes came from behind me.
"You barely made it human." ...Power told me as I spun around to face it.
"What?" I asked, feeling a surge of pain go up my back. "Ah!"
"You'll be alright the healing processes is done just the pain is there, small human." Power spoke and grimaced.
I breathed slowly and looked at it. "I'm here again? Why?" I asked, feeling lost.
"Your body shut down and needs to heal. The hits you took nearly killed you on the spot, human." Power said, sounding like it was angry. "Why didn't you use your ability?" It asked floating passed me.
"I-I don't know..." I mumbled, looking down at the ebony floor. "You don't know? Humans are such a nuisance!"
"Hey! I had to think fast! I was rushed in the moment alright!" I shouted at Power when it turned came up to my face. I stepped back in surprise. "YOU SMALL HUMAN! You could have gotten yourself killed right there!" Power shouted back at me as I balled my fists, looking away.
Our yelling caused an echo with our being repeated and Power turned crimson. "I'm-I'm...sorry, it won't happen again.." I said, calming down.
Power took a breather and put a distance between us. "You will be waking up soon...Small human?"
"Yes?" I answered, rubbing my back. "Protect with your power not your body, Rosa."
I eyed widen and quickly faced Power. "You never used my name before..." I said, letting my anger go.
"Don't get used to it..." And with that Power faded to red...butterflies as I stared, astonished by them.
I took a large breathe of air, the sun blaring my eyes and my back aching.
'What in the world just happened?' I thought, breathing in and out rapidly.
I painfully sat up to see that I was facing the shore and to my right was the cat thing from the ship on the ground.
"Cat's have nine lives, kid." I heard an annoying voice behind say. My eye twitched as I slowly got to standing up.
I saw the back of Nyx swinging her tail, Jango was on the ground passed out and so was...Kuro along with the rest of their crew. 'What happened?' I thought, staring at everything.
Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Nami, and even Kaya with the three kids were at the entrance of the hill side.
"So that makes about six more lives for me. Leaves one for each and everyone of-" I cut her by slamming her head with a twilight hammer thing. 'It looks like those two dagger thing.' I thought, seeing Nyx going down and let my hammer thing vanished. "Hey look, Rosa! She's alright!" I heard Usopp yell.
I looked up to see Usopp jump in joy, while Luffy ran down the hill with Zoro and Nami. "Watch out!" I heard Zoro warn. I turned to see Nyx ready to claw my face off. "Five!" She yelled as I blocked it with my shield and blasted her away with a sphere. Nyx got back up again.
"FOUR!" Nyx shouted, her hand paw things start to move faster. "Rosa! Don't move!" Nami said, jumping on my shoulder and whack her staff upon Nyx's head. Nami landed as I sheilded her when Nyx got back to claw her, she jumped over it and dived to me.
"THREE!" She screeched out this one as I put a shield up. Zoro jumped on the shield. "Three sword style! Tiger hunting prey!" Zoro said, launching passed her cut up form and landed sheathing his sword. I didn't move as Nyx was falling towards me, I put down my shield and threw another sphere.
"Two...One..." I heard Nyx mumbled as she was slightly in the air.
"Gum...Gum..." Luffy started as I saw Nyx face was covered by her hair and her wounds appeared. "Pistol!" Luffy rammed his fist into Nyx's ribs as she slammed into the cliff causing rocks to fly out and smoke.
Luffy's arm came back and I watched the smoke slowly disappeared to the image of a finally out cold Nyx on the ground.
"...And that take care's of that." Nami said, putting away her staff as we all nodded. We headed back up the hill the others, Usopp was smiling along with Kaya and the kids were jumping in complete joy.
Dusk was flying around Usopp when we were finally reached them then my legs didn't work.
"Crud." I groaned. "Rosa!" I heard them but I quickly put an arm up. 'Embarrassing...' I thought wearily. "Guys, its okay..I'm okay." I said, pushing myself to get on my back. Bad mistake. Pain shot my back as I winced, biting my lip.
"You scare us there." Usopp said, hovering above me with Luffy and Zoro. "I got her!" Luffy said smiling, bending down and picked me up. "Thanks Luffy." I said, blushing way too hard.
"Well, look at this. Rosa's blu-Ow." I cut Zoro off with an elbow to the stomach.
"Sheesh. Didn't need to elbow me..." Zoro said smiling, rubbing his stomach. "Shut it." I said, covering my face with my hair. Luffy even know what were talking about he just laughed while Usopp blinked then laughed and Nami just freaking disappeared. "Is she alright, Usopp?" I think Carrot asked him as I smiled.
"Yup! Thanks to Captain Us-"
-Bonk.-
Usopp was cut off but Zoro's fist. "Will you quit that already?" Zoro said, Usopp just rubbed it and laughed. Dusk came out of no where and flew right into Zoro, knocking him down.
"The hell's wrong with you?" Zoro growled at Dusk. "Dew!" Dusk said, swinging his tail.
Everyone laughed as Zoro started to chase Dusk around in circle. I looked to Kaya when the three kids joined in. "Kaya, you alright?" I asked, getting her attention.
"Oh! I'm alright just a cut on my neck but I'm fine!" Kaya said to me as I nodded, we both smiled.
Then Luffy's stomach growled loudly. "Dew?"
"Food..." Luffy said with a blank stare. We just stared at him until Nami came out, looking happy as ever. "I just rounded up all their treasure and now it's mine!" Nami said in a very happy tone.
I just laughed with Kaya as Nami smiled big. "Let's head to the restaurant!" Usopp just had say, getting Luffy's attention.
"YEAH! TO THE RESTAURANT!" Luffy yelled, taking off with me in his arms. "Someone! Help!" I yelled as they ran to follow the speeding Luffy. Well, Usopp and Kaya walked seeing as Usopp was hurt pretty badly and Kaya stayed with him.
"Luffy! Stop, Rosa's still injured!" Nami yelled. Zoro and the three kids laughed. Dusk was on Usopp's head, looking amused.
After an hour of running, yelling, and laughing we finally came to a restaurant. Just the doors though because Luffy skidded to a stop and Nami took the chance to hit Luffy on the head. "Idiot! Rosa's hurt!" Nami said, bearing her teeth and I just sweat dropped.
"Nami...I'm okay, really." I told her, she look at me smiling. "If you say so." Nami replied.
"Restaurant!" Luffy yelled.
"Ow! Any louder Luffy." I groaned, rubbing my ear.
"Oh..Sorry." Luffy smiled. Then the others appeared along with Kaya and Usopp. "Hey guys!" Usopp called out. We turned and looked at him. "Kaya and Rosa will head to her house for resting." Usopp told us as I tilted my head.
"Yeah, you go Rosa will wait here!" Luffy said to me, I smiled. "Okay, let me just stand..." I said as Luffy put me down and me wobbling to stand.
"And...I'm good." I said, smiling walking over to Kaya. "Alright see ya then!" Luffy smiled as they went into the restaurant.
"Lead the way, Kaya." I said, Kaya nodded smiling. We walked in calming silence on the road to her home and it took about many long minutes to get there. Her home appeared in the distance as we both got closer. "We're here." Kaya said, I nodded.
Kaya opened the gates, when a sheep looking guy appeared and came running towards Kaya. "Miss Kaya! You're alright?" I think it was Merry yelled, worriedly and grabbed her hands. Kaya smiled, "Yes Merry! I'm alright!" I smiled and kept shifting my weight on my legs.
"But-But your neck, Miss Kaya?" Merry said in worry. We started to enter into the mansion when Kaya said, "It's fine Merry." I awed at the inside of the mansion.
It was very elegant, flora and calm looking. I was photos of her parents barely, then I accidentally bumped into Merry.
"Oh! Sorry, didn't see you there." I apologized.
"Oh its alright, Lady Rosa come with me. Miss Kaya is in her room." Merry told me, I followed him up the stairs and to Kaya's room door. "Her room is here. I'll go get the aid kit for the two of you." And Merry left as I entered Kaya's room.
Kaya turned her head from her sit on her stool, smiling and I smiled back.
"Take a seat." Kaya said, patting a spot on her bed.
"Your room is very nice." I told her taking the spot.
"Thank you." She replied. "Uh...it seems that your clothing is completely ruined." Kaya said, looking at my shredded clothes. I laughed nervously, "Yeah..." Rubbing the back of my head and she laughed too.
My chest was even shown a bit, if it wasn't for my destroyed overalls. A knock was heard at the door. "Merry, you can come in." Kaya said as Merry entered. "I had gotten the aid kit like you asked Miss Kaya." Merry said, walking over to us.
Kaya's room has a very soothing touch to it looking around as Merry aided Kaya's neck.
I was snapped out of my daze from looking in Kaya's room. "Please head out Merry. I got it from here!" I heard Kaya tell Merry when I saw him leave through the door. "I just wanted to help, Miss Kaya but I go get food yo asked for." Merry said, closing the door.
Kaya sighed, "Alright! Rosa, will you um...please take your clothing..off?" I turned pink as Kaya did too. "Sure...so you could wrap my wounded back it's okay." I said in doing what she said and wrapped my torso and arm.
After some time wrapping me up, we both got over it and saw we were both girls, helping each other.
My chest was bandaged up and I was in my underwear, while my destroyed clothes were in a bag. "I'll get you some new clothes from my closet just sit tight." Kaya said disappearing in her closet.
"And she's gone." I said, sweat dropped. I waited for a few seconds when Kaya reappeared with clothes in hand.
Kaya showed me the clothes and I smiled happily. "Perfect!"
The three of us headed out to the back of the mansion, to the present Kaya and Merry was going to give us.
'Yay! The Going Merry!' I thought happily seeing the ship. I ran over to it and ran my hands over the ship. "I'm going to get the others to see the ship too!" Kaya said, I nodded and saw her walk away. "This is the Going Merry!" Merry said happily.
Merry came up to me, he was going to tell me more about it until I spoke.
"Let's wait until the others get here." I told him, Merry nodded and smiled. "Alright. I see why. Don't want me to repeat." Merry said, popping the 'P' in repeat. "Yup." I replied, still in awe at the ship.
"So amazing!..." I said, having smile on my face. The ship was nice in the anime but in person it was just freakin' amazing and added on, it's the only ship I'm able to touch. "And I'm gonna live on it too!" I said, all giddy and what not. I just couldn't stop myself, running around to touch it.
"NO WAY! YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO GIVE IT TO US?"
I'm going to tell you Rosa's powers since Rosa doesn't know much about them herself and seeing a reveiwer wants to know too. :)
Her powers are based off the game, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess because I played that awesome game and started to like Midna. She's just amazing.
Rosa's abilities are:
Twilight Portals: Letting her transport through thin air or anything else but she can't control it as much
Twilight Shields: Force Fields of Twilight Matter blocking any attack if she uses it more often
Twilight Blasts or how Rosa puts it, Twilight Spheres: Energy focus in balls when thrown it causes an expolsion
Creating things from Twilight Matter: Like twin daggers and a hammer, simple things that appear in her mind
Well...these powers right now are only minor ones but that's for later in the story.
I hope you enjoyed!