I know it's late, for me that is, but Fuck it. I'm posting this thing or else I'll forget like I almost did today.

I actually got this chapter to three thousand words. That, at least, cheers me up a bit 'cause it's the longest one so far. Enjoy~


Chapter 12: The Misunderstanding

With Ryoko and Luffy, one day later…

We woke up to the sound of animals. It was daytime, but barely any sunlight got through the thick canopies of the trees. Either way, it was quite beautiful in a wild sort of way.

"Where are we?" Luffy asks while looking around.

"How should I know?" I answered/asked him. 'Reading or watching the manga and anime, that's how.' I thought to myself. We have safely arrived at Lily Island, the island of women 'Amazons would be better. If I remember correctly, we should have spent about one day getting here if what Rayleigh said is true.'

Flashback...

I walked out of Shakky's bar, but stopped when Rayleigh called out to me. I turned to him as he whispers something in my ear. "I forgot to tell you, but your trips will be cut shorter by two days. You will get to your destinations faster, so that it will be more convenient." He says. I nod and continue after the others. It seems that even with me here, the time will still be the same.

Flashback ends...

"I'm getting kind of hungry. Are you?" Luffy asks as we walk through the thick jungle.

"For the hundredth time in the past five minutes, no Luffy, I am not hungry." I said not looking at him, I was too busy looking out for any Amazon. He whined for like what seemed like hours. "Shut the fuck up Luffy. Why is food all you ever think about?" I finally snapped at him. Though he didn't care for he was now staring at some mushrooms.

"Hey Yuki, do you think these are edible?" he asks without taking his eyes off them.

Should I tell him they're bad? No, I should just let him eat them like he does in the anime. Though I doubt he would have listened to me if I said they were bad. So I stood there looking around, not answering his question. A few minutes later, the sound of Luffy falling down was heard. 'And there he goes.' Demiyah mumbles, having also known what would happen. I turn to see Luffy flat on his face. I shake my head, Might as well rest as well. So with a shrug I lay down next to Luffy and allow myself to go into a deep unconscious state.

Ryoko's subconscious…

I open my eyes to see the already familiar ice cavern. "Nice to see you're doing well." Demiyah speaks, gaining my attention. I turn and stare at my other self. That's technically what she is if she is to be my dragon blood. "I can sense that you have some questions little one. You can go ahead and ask." She says with a smile on her face. Well, I can't really see it. More like sense it's there.

"I have been wondering, why is it that I was brought here to this world?" I ask. Demiyah tilts her, carefully thinking the question over like I do to important things.

When she turns back to tell me, I was certainly not expecting her reply, "Because you were originally from this world." she began, "Your parents were in danger here, so when you were born they left and went to the world you came to call reality." I was truely left speechless.

"So I'm from this world then? When I think about it, it didn't feel so weird being here. More like a feeling of returning home. At least I now know that that world was not my real home after all. It never felt like it, no matter how long I would have spent over there, it would never be." I said. Demiyah just laid there smiling at me. Seeing her smile makes me want to smile, too.

Margaret's PoV…

We were out on guard duty today and, like usual, there was nothing interesting for most of it. It was on our way back that something did happen. We found a girl and a small beast in the jungle. The little creature was the size of a small bear cub. It was covered in light silver-blue scales, making it stand out in the dark vibrant colors of this jungle. It was curled up next to the girl. The girl herself was covered in mushrooms, so not much could be identified.

Out of pity for the young girl and her beast, we assumed it was hers for it wasn't local, we carried them back with us to the village. If only we had known that in doing so would mean certain punishment. If only we had looked closer at the one covered in mushrooms.

At the village…

"HAY, MARGARET" I heard someone call to me. I turn to see one of my fellow villagers coming my way. The little hyperactive girl Happy, "How was guard duty?" she asks after catching her breath. Always running from place to place will do that to a person.

"It went well, Happy-chan. How was your training?" I ask, smiling at her. Such a sweet girl, she could befriend anyone she wanted to.

"It's going gr-" she stopped mid answer as she stares at the girls that my friends carry. We don't know if it's a girl, the beast, but it must be with its slender form. At least, that's what we think. "Who's that? And WHAT is that?" she asked pointing at them.

"We found them out in the jungle. We're taking them to the medics to check for any wounds." I answered. Better to answer her if I didn't want her costantly pestering me.

"Can I come with you guys?"

"Sure" I really don't see what's wrong with that. It's not like they would have a spreadible disease. Or do they?

We walk deeper into town, chatting about random things. Well, mostly Happy. She was constently asking about what's out in the jungle, about the girl and the little creature, as well as saying things like what she was doing before coming to us. After a couple of minutes of walking, we finally came to the village's medic.

"Hello girls, what can I do for you today?" Medica, the doctor's assistant, greeted with a smile.

"Could you check this girl? We found her out in the jungle and don't know if she is completely fine." Marrian asks, placing the mushroom covered girl down on the examination matt. Loliyan quietly places the small creature on another matt so as to not disturb her.

"Holy shit, what was she thinking? Those mushrooms are poisonous." Medica mumbles as she saw the girl. "They slowly eat away at one's body. That allows more of them to grow out of the victim's body." She explains once she sees our confused faces.

"Can you help her?" I ask, now little worried for the seemingly younger girl.

"Fortunately, you brought her in time. Any later and she may not have lived." She answers with a small smile. My friends and I smile back.

"Can we help with anything?" Marrian asks.

"You can help remove the mushrooms from her body." Medica says as she starts removing some mushrooms herself. We kneel down next to her and start as well.

"Is this all we have to do?" Loliyan asks, somewhat relieved that it was this simple.

"Not quite. We need to get rid of the roots inside." She says.

"How?" I ask. How would we remove something that was inside of her.

"It's easy." Medica answers. We watched as she got a match and lit the girl on fire. The girl reacted to the fire and was unconsciously rolling around the floor. We did nothing as Medica put the poor girl off. "That should do it. Now all we need to do is to clean her and bandage her other, less severe wounds."

As we started to clean and dress her wounds, Happy came over to examine the girl. "What a strange girl. She looks older than I do but she's less developed. In fact, I don't think she's developed at all." She says. I had to agree with her. She was flat and her muscles could be seen more than a normal woman could. It was making me wonder if she was even a she. That little thought was proven true shortly after. The girl that we had found in the jungle was actually a guy!

Ryoko's PoV…

I woke up to see that the women from the island's village had already found Luffy and I. Though, I was wearing a weird collar with a chain connected to the wall instead of being in a cage with Luffy. The room I was in was elegant. If I remember right, this is Hancock's room. ""Why do I see everything smaller?"" I mumbled out loud. I then sighed after hearing myself. ""Great, now I'm back to talking in that old language.""

'Look at yourself. I took the time to change you into your other half, meaning me, while you were resting.' Demiyah says. I search for a mirror to see myself. When I find one, on the other side of the room, I see that I looked just like Demiyah except smaller than her. About the size of a German shepherd.

""Why?"" I asked out loud. It's not as if anyone can understand me.

'Because you needed to adjust to the transformation for the first time. Doing it in the middle of battle would be too risky. Besides, you're able to change back and forth whenever you like after the required time.'

""Which is how long?""

'About 4 more hours. After that, you'll need to imagine yourself as a human to turn back. Same to turn into a Dragon.'

""Got it."" Just then, someone came into the room. It was a young girl, about twelve years old. She was carrying two bowls, one with water and the other with raw meat.

"Hello. Seems your awake now, good thing I brought you something to eat." She says. I hope she doesn't mean the raw meat. I do prefer it to be well done, thank you very much.

I decide to ignore her as she approaches. Luffy must be in that cage already. So I better get out of here and go look for him. The girl stops in front of my laying form and places the two bowls in front of me. "My name is Happy and I'm one of the Empress's personal assistants." She said. She seems nice, but a bit too careless seeing as she stepped into my striking range. I mentally shook my head in disappointment. She should know better. I lay my head down and pretend to be napping so that she would go away. She did after a few minutes of silence. I waited a bit longer to make sure no one was going to come in before I unlocked my collar with my claw.

Yes, I know how to pick a lock.

Once free, I stretched my wings and back making small popping sound. That felt rather good. I then walked over to the balcony and jumped up on the railing. Damn, that's a long way down. Oh well, I've survived a four-story high fall, how bad can a Twenty something fall be? Though first thing is to pinpoint Luffy's location. Voices reached my ears from the far right. As I looked, I saw a large group of women in front of a bared wall looking inside. Even from this distance, I could see a hand stretch out and grab the straw hat that a fat-looking woman was wearing. 'Guess I found him.' I got closer to the side of the railing, which faced the group's direction, ""Before I jump, and possibly kill myself, Demiyah, how do I use my wings to fly?"" I asked.

'Spread them out and let them naturally move to the beat of the wind. You'll get the hang of it quickly.' She simply answers.

""Alright then."" I growl loudly as a grin spread across my scaly face. I wonder why I like the feeling of danger so much. I didn't waste any more time and jumped off the railing with my wings spread as far as they could go. The moment I let my wings do what they felt right doing, I was soaring the skies. Their beat was so soothing and the wind made me feel so free. I wanted to keep flying and forget about everything else, just let myself go, but that thought went flying as well when I heard shouting. I look down to see that Luffy had blasted himself out of the cage and was now on the run from the amazons. 'Damn, she's fast for a fat woman.' I thought as I saw her near the head of the group.

'You should go and help him out. After all he is your captain.' Demiyah says reminding me of when Luffy had asked me to join his crew. I was shocked at first, but remembered that he was just random like that. The others were a little surprised, too, so it wasn't a big deal. I accepted his offer, officially making me a straw-hat pirate, though I did notice Law was against the idea for some reason.

I took a dive and intercepted an arrow with my claws that almost hit him. As I lifted my body to head back up into the sky, I grabbed Luffy by the back of his new vest. It was too girly for him, in my opinion. Flowers, especially pink, do not suit him.

Luffy was shocked and started to struggle to get out of my grip. I mildly tightened my grip and turned him a little so that he could see me. Upon meeting my gaze, he stopped in realization on what had him. I was about to fly off out of the village when I remembered what happens in the story line. Okay, so how do I get Luffy to fall into Hancock's bathroom? Just then, an arrow flew past me barely hitting my right wing, also giving me an idea. 'That could work.'

I flew down, closing the distance between us and the grand bathroom. We were just above it when an arrow came flying extremely close. I moved a bit closer to it as it passed. It grazed my shoulder. It didn't hurt much, only stung, but I pretended it was worse. Moments after purposely stopping my wings we crashed landed inside the steam-filled room.

I landed in the water and Luffy created a mini crater on the floor. He got up quickly looking around. He saw Hancock and, just as I remember, she screamed. Her two sisters came running in shortly after with a robe to cover her up. She turned to Luffy and tried to turn him into stone with her DF ability, but failed. After a couple attempts from her, Luffy finally gets the idea to run out of there as fast as possible. He jumps out a window, but not before grabbing me from my spot in the water. Damn, I didn't want to crash in the ground.

As we free fell, Hancock shots Luffy with a hardened kiss using her DF powers. Thanks to that little push, we smashed into the ground harder than before creating a nicely sized crater. I blame Luffy for this. I could have avoided this!

The Amazons that were close by quickly came and tied Luffy and me with some ropes, well, chains for me. Why would they use chains? They took us to the big arena that was inside the village. It was mainly used for punishment to other males that ever got close to the island. Another way they used it was for sport, but I doubt that the later was the reason we were brought here.

Once we were inside, Hancock introduces herself and her sisters. She then walks down the long staircase very slowly, but I mean soooo fucking slowly that it takes almost an hour for her to get down here. I even fell asleep just sitting there, waiting for her to get her ass down the fucking steps. When she finally does get here she ends up turning Margaret, Marrian, and Loliyan to status after they tried to save us by saying that it was their fault for bringing us here in the first place. Once taking another fucking hour to walk back up the steps, she commands her two sisters to fight and kill Luffy. She apparently wanted me alive as a pet, which I loudly cursed at her in that old language. Her green snake paled at my colorful vocabulary as he translated it to his master, and she in turn paled as well. Ah, a beautiful color for her to have.

During the fight, I laid to the side, having unchained myself again, and watched as Luffy fought them. They were surprised to see him able to fight so well, even when he had to protect the stoned women to avoid them breaking into many pieces. He placed them behind me and ordered me to guard them before heading back at the snake sisters. The fight kept going, my required time slowly slipping by. What would happen if I turned back into a human in the middle of the fight? Would they be startled and distracted or just plain confused? Meh, I'll find out once my time is done.


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