Kyoko: Well here is the next chapter. There isn't much I have to say for this chapter, but that this chapter will be in two parts. The name I used for Roxas' twin blades are italian and they mean night and day. I know cheesy but hey I couldn't come up with anything better than that...for now any way... I also don't know if there is such a thing as Red Onyx but for this story there is such a thing.
Levi: That's ok... it still works... Oh Kyo is sorry for any OoC from Luffy and his gang...
Atoli: Kyo doesn't own One Piece
Kyoko: Nope I don't but I do own the plot and the second generation :D
Zoey: HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY!
~ Roxas' PoV~
I sat up in my hammock. I blink my eyes a few times to let them get focused to the dim light that was coming through the window.
Yawn
I look around the room. When my eyes landed on the Luffy and his crew I almost fell out of my hammock.
Wha the? Oh...Duh...we're in the past.
I recalled yesterdays events.
This is going to take sometime to get use too...
I roll out of the hammock and land on the floor without a sound. I didn't hear anyone stir in their sleep so I knew nobody woke up.
Gotta love Mom's training I received when I was a kid. It pays off.
I put on my shoes and made my way out of the men's quarters. I walk out onto the deck. The cool night air felt good on my face. Being in a room with 8 to 10 other guys got pretty warm at night.
I stretch my muscles and snuffle another yawn. I look up at the enclosed crows nest, I could sense that Zoro was up there.
I start to make my way up to the crows nest. I open the door to the crows nest quietly.
"2000...2001...2002...2003..."
I heard Zoro count. I glanced were he was. He was swinging some big ass weights around like it was nothing.
I don't think he knows I'm here...
"Zoro, I'll take over now." I say, as I pull myself all the way into the crows nest.
Zoro stops his training and looks at me.
"Hn..." Zoro replied. He set down his weights and took a towel off of the towel rack. I walk over to the couch that circled the crows nest to take a seat.
I felt Zoro's eyes on me the whole time.
"Something you want to ask?" I ask him. I didn't bother to look at him.
"Your twin blades...their cursed." Zoro stated. I glanced at him.
Where is he going with this...
"Yeah, you can tell from there?" I say, turning to face him.
"Yeah, they don't give off a thirst for blood though it's a different type of curse." Zoro said walking over to me. "Can I see one of them?" He asks me seriously.
I look at him.
This is getting awkward...
"Sure...just don't swing it around. You'll probably get your arm cut off or something to that effect. Neither of them like to be used unless they are together." I warn him. I pull one of them off of my belt and hand it to him.
"Thanks..." Zoro says, as he slowly pulls the blade from it's sheath. He inspects the blade slowly. Moving it from one side to the other, but never swinging it around to test it's balance.
"Interesting blade, it's pissed that it's drawn, but it won't hurt me for it. What's this one called?" Zoro said after awhile.
I smirk.
"That one is called Notturno, and this one is called Giorno." I tell him as I pull the other one out of my belt and offer the sword to him.
Zoro takes it and pulls it out of the sheath. I could feel both Notturno and Giorno relax, now that both of them were drawn. Zoro started to swing them around expertly. He was testing their balance, and over all feel of them.
"These are some of the finest blades I've ever held. How did you get ahold of them?" Zoro asked me, while putting them back in their sheaths.
"I earned their respect in a way. The curse on them is that they have to be used together and that only a true swordsman can use them. But how I got them was from my mom. They belonged to her before she handed them to me." I tell him taking back my swords and putting them back were they belonged. On my belt.
"I see. So another swordsman joins the crew?" Zoro says.
Close but not quite...
"No quite, she's the blacksmith for the crew. She fixes and makes weapons for a living now." I say with a small smile while opening a window to listen to the outside world. Afterwords a laid on my back on the couch looking up at the ceiling.
"Really? Did she make the them?" Zoro asked. He sat cross legged on the floor, with two dumbbells.
I glance at him.
"No, she didn't. She said they been apart of her family for generations, but for the past five generations no one has been able to use them. That was until she tired. She prefers katanas over other weapons but she still knows how to make other weapons and she knows how to use them." I say.
I didn't look at Zoro. I couldn't for some reason. Talking to him about my mom felt weird. He is my future dad, but it was still weird. So I looked around the room everything was pretty much the same as it is in my time. I stopped when my eyes landed on Zoro's sword.
Wado Ichimonji, Kitetsu III, and Yubashiri...he doesn't have Shuusui yet? And something is wrong with Yubashiri...
"Is something wrong with Yubashiri?" I ask never taking my eyes off of Yubashiri. I hear the sound of the dumbbells clings against the floor as Zoro putting them down.
"Yeah, it's broken. No blacksmith in Waters 7 could fix it. I don't have a another sword either so this upcoming fight is going to be interesting without three swords." Zoro said walking up to his swords, he picks up Yubashiri and pulls it from it's sheath and shows it to me.
I sit up and stare at the sword.
Thats the worst thing that could happen to a sword...
Yubashiri was in a sad shape. The once shiny blade was rusted and 2/3 of the way gone.
Who ever did that needs to die...
"I can see why no blacksmith in Waters 7 could fix it." I say still looking at Yubashiri.
"Yeah, its hard using santoryu when you only have two swords." Zoro said, putting Yubashiri away. Then he gathers up the rest of his stuff and puts it all back on.
If only we were told we were going into the past I could've gathered my backup swords...
"If I knew I was coming to the past I would have gave you one of my backup swords for the time being." I say looking out the window.
"You have backup swords?" Zoro asks.
I turn to look at him. And smirk.
"Yeah, I have Kitetsu III and Shuusui. You will get Shuusui in the future." I say to him.
Zoro gave me a weird look. If I had to guess it was shock or surprise.
"Really?" Zoro questions.
"Yeah, I was using them before I went back to the island that I lived on to get them checked out by my Mom. Then she handed me Notturno and Giorno so I use them more than the other two." I say, shrugging my shoulders.
"I see. She's the best blacksmith in the world then?" Zoro asks.
"I think so. She never tired to be the best blacksmith she just wanted to make a sword from the rarest and strongest metal in the world, known as the Red Onyx." I say uncertain about the way this conversation is heading.
"It'll be interesting when I met her. Well time to sleep. See ya in the morning." Zoro says as he makes his way down from the crows nest.
Well that was interesting to say the least.
I smiled a little...
Even though it was short I got to spend sometime with my dad.
~Loki PoV~
I walked into the kitchen with a yawn. I ran my hand through my spiky goldenrod color hair, in the process I made my sunglasses fall off my head.
"Well morning. Looks like you slept well."
I catch my sunglasses before they fell on the floor and hook them on my shirt. Then I looked at the person who spoke. It was Sanji.
"Morning. So what are we making for breakfast? Oh and I'm helping from now on in the kitchen." I said to Sanji. I head over to the sink and wash my hands.
"Yeah, Yeah, I hear ya. We have to have breakfast ready before everyone wakes up." Sanji says, gathering a few pots and pans from their respected places.
I walk over to him and undid the lock to the refrigerator and opened it up. I pulled out the necessary items and closed the refrigerator.
"What else are you going to need for breakfast?" I ask Sanji as I put the stuff on the counter. I move around the kitchen with ease.
"There is stuff in the pantry that I need still. Does any of your crew have allergies to certain foods?" Sanji asks as he turns the stove on.
"No one has any food allergies in my crew. Well that I know of anyway." I say as I put the spices on the counter next to Sanji.
"Alright, lets get started, before the others wake up." Sanji says as he starts washing the vegetables.
I take the wash vegetables and start slicing them up. We stayed quite for the longest time.
"So, you picked up on my cooking skills?" Sanji asks as he stirs the food. There was a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, unlit.
I glance at him. I gathering the supplies to make coffee.
Don't ask about the All Blue and we're good...
"I guess, I think it's more of the love for cooking that I got from you. I had to go the the Baratie and learn the fine art of cooking from Chef Zeff. He was also the one who taught me how to fight. But I guess that is all that I picked up from you." I say as I start the coffee.
"I see, so the old geezer is still alive in your time. That's nice to hear, I actually miss that old fart." Sanji says turning on the water to fill the sink.
"Yeah, that old fart is still alive. He still has a mean kick too. I swear I've had more concussions from him then from all the battles I've been in." I say with a slight chuckle. The coffee was almost done.
"Haha, that sounds just like Zeff. He means well though, I guess." Sanji says while washing the dishes.
I finish making the coffee and move over to help dry the dishes.
"So I'm guessing Levi learned navigation and thieving from Nami-swan?" Sanji asks.
"Navigation yes, thieving not so much. She's good at making wagers but stealing not so much." I say chuckling a little.
We finish the dishes from cooking. Now it was time to set the table for breakfast.
"So there are 15 of us." Sanji says as he pulls the plates from the cupboard. I walk over to the draw with the silverware in it.
It would be 16 if she was with us. I wonder what happened to her...
"Yeah," I say grabbing the silverware and bringing it over to the table. I started to set the appropriate silverware on the table.
"So what does everyone on your crew drinks?" Sanji asks opening the cupboard with the cups in it.
"Atoli and Tory drink coffee. Roxas will drink grog during lunch and dinner but never with breakfast, so he either drinks plan milk or green tea. Levi, and I usually have green tea. And Yossup and Zoey usually have orange juice." I say walking over to Sanji taking the cups from him.
I walk back over to the table and place them on the table.
"Well that should do it for breakfast. Everyone should be waking up soon. Does Moss-head's son know when breakfast is?" Sanji ask me.
"The Pin Cushion knows when breakfast is. He would hear the stomping of feet from all the way up in the crows nest, with his sharp hearing." I say chuckling a little.
"Pin Cushion? Is that the best you could come up with?" Sanji ask jokingly.
"Hey, Roxas doesn't have green hair or anything out of the ordinary to call him something else. But he does carry around all those blades. It makes him like a human pin cushion. But yeah I do need a better nickname for him. We get along most of the time but we still don't see eye to eye all the time." I say walking to the door.
I need a smoke...
"Yeah you do, need a better nickname. Hey, where are you going?" Sanji calls to me.
I look over my shoulder pulling my glasses over my eyes.
"To smoke." I say calmly walking out the door. I lite my cigarette and take a long drag. I look out onto the vast ocean.
I wonder what happened to Mel...
I hear the doors open below me, followed by footsteps. I look over the edge to see everyone walking out of the sleeping quarters.
I quickly shoot a glance up at the crows nest too see Roxas making his way down.
I put out my cigarette and make my way back inside the kitchen.
Time to eat, and start a new day...
~Atoli's PoV~
Breakfast was delicious, thanks to the combined efforts of Sanji and Loki. Luffy tired to steal food from Zoey again, which ended up in him getting his arm trapped in Zoey's time powers yet again.
I was making my way to the library that was at the back of the ship. I wanted to see what type of books Robin had on board the ship at this time. If there were any that I didn't read yet I wanted to read them. I was also going to need to talk to Robin about Akuma and the little dilemma we will have once we get there.
I walk into the library and look around. It didn't look any different than it did in my time. I walk over to the bookshelves and start looking through one shelf of the bookcase.
Robin's collection is not as vast as it is in my time.
I look through the other shelves. I find one book that I haven't seen yet in my time. So I pull it off the shelf. The book itself was old. The cover was warn and was starting to tare. It was a pretty thick book, I say it was about 600 to 700 pages thick.
"That's a interesting book." A smooth and calming voice said behind me.
I turn around an look at Robin. I smile a little at her.
"It looks like an interesting book. This is one that I haven't read yet. The library that I have access to is so much bigger than this. I was surprise that I found one that I haven't read yet." I tell her looking back at the books.
I hear her walk up behind and start looking at the books also.
"It's not that big, it's also nowhere the size at Ohara's Library." Robin says pulling a book from the bookshelf.
"Ohara doesn't exist anymore Robin. But I would've loved to see that library." I say walking over to the couch that was in the room.
"I know, I saw it's destruction 20 years ago. So I'm guessing that you're an archeologist then?" Robin ask taking a seat on the couch and opening a book.
"Yes, I'm also a shipwright. I have a love for history but also a love for building. Though I self taught myself building. I mainly looked at Franky's blue prints and what not." I say looking at the book.
"I see. Can you read the Ponoglyths like I can?" Robin asks turning the page of her book.
I smile a bit.
"Yes I can. That also brings up a topic that I need to talk to you about." I say turning to look at Robin.
Robin stops reading and closes the book. She then looks up at me.
"Yes, what is it?" Robin asks.
I had her full attention now.
"On Akuma, are three ponoglyths each of the ponoglyths tell us different things about Zeus. One will tell us where the weapon is located, how to activate it, and the other one will tell you something about the Rio Ponoglyth."
Robin didn't ever bat a eyelash when I told her that little piece of information.
"I see. Well there is nothing we can do until we get there." Robin says getting up. "Come on, it's a beautiful day lets read outside instead of being cooped up inside all day." Robin said walking to the door.
"Okay." I say getting up and following her outside.
Once we were outside up on the flower deck. There was a slight breeze in the air. Robin and I set up the outdoor table and umbrella. Sanji had brought us some drinks earlier.
"So you took the same route that we are taking right now, through the Grandline." Robin asks taking a sip of her drink.
"Yeah, we had to. We had to pick of Tory from the Sakura Kingdom." I tell.
"Sakura Kingdom? That's the island that Doctor-san is from, it was formally known as Drum Kingdom." Robin says turning a page of her book.
"Yeah, Zoey decided that it would be cool to take the same route that you guys did the first time around so we never changed our course." I say looking out onto the ocean.
"I see, well I guess time repeats it self sometimes doesn't it." Robin says.
I smile a little. I turn back to my book and we read in peace.
I guess it does, once in awhile...
~Tory's PoV~
I was making my way to the doctors office, that belonged to Chopper. I was going to ask him if he had any medical supplies that he could spare. I had most of what I needed but I was still lacking some items that I couldn't find at the medical store.
I knock on the door.
"Yes?" Choppers small voice comes in for inside.
"Chopper can I come in?" I ask through the door.
"Yes, you can." Chopper calls to me.
I open the door. The medical room was small but it worked for Chopper and me. When you walk into the room the on the right was a table, with different types of medical equipment and on the right there was a small one person bed. It was covered in light green sheets.
"You need something Tory?" Chopper asks from his seat.
I smile a little.
"Yeah, I was wondering if you can help me with some of my medical supplies." I ask taking a seat on the bed.
"Huh? Um ok." Chopper answers scratching the back of his head.
I show him my bag, from what I bought on the island.
"You have an incomplete medical kit here. And you're a doctor?" Chopper says still looking through my 'kit'.
"I know, its not complete, I ended up leaving my medical bag on our ship back in our time. I just picked this stuff up at the island that we were on. This is why I asked for your help." I tell him.
I was helping him sort through my medical supplies.
"Yeah, I can help you with getting the rest." Chopper says.
So we started to gather what I was missing for my kit.
"So, I couldn't help but notice the 'X' on your shirt. What the meaning for it?" Chopper asks why we work.
"Huh, oh I learned medicine from you so that's the reason for the 'X'. Is that a problem?" I ask helping him.
"Huh, oh, no. I was just curious. So what happened after...you know what." Chopper asks slowly.
"Nami and the girls dropped me off at Sakura Kingdom. They made sure that Doctorine took care of me. They exchanged phone numbers and I was able to stay in touch with Nami and the girls." I say.
"Doctorine is still alive in your time?" Chopper asks, his eyes shinning a little.
I grin a little.
"Yep! She's still crazy as ever. She's over 150 now. I swear she's never going to die." I say with a slight chuckle.
"Hehehe...that Doctorine for yeah. I'm glad that she is still safe in your time." Chopper says.
We stay quite for a bit while we finish up my bag.
"Say, Tory, last night while you guys were explaining you mention two more crew members." Chopper asks looking at me.
"Oh, you mean Karri and Nikki? Yeah they will be future crew members." I say putting stuff in a bag that Chopper was letting me use.
"Yeah, what are they like? They will be Zoey and Roxas' moms right?" Chopper asks.
"Yeah, Karri is Zoey's mom. Karri is probably the only female that could understand Luffy's crazy antics and not flip out. She's nice also, she took over being captain after the incident. She's the one that made the decision that they should split up, so that the marines couldn't find them. And Nikki is Roxas' mom. Nikki is to put it simply the only woman that is as insane as Zoro is. Nikki took over being the first-mate of the crew. It made sense she and Karri have been friends since they were teens. Nikki is also an amazing blacksmith but, that wasn't what she always did. She had another occupation, along with blacksmithing. But she preferred being a blacksmith over her other occupation." I say looking out the window.
"What did Nikki do other than being a blacksmith?" Chopper asked curiously.
"I don't know if it's my place to tell you that, you should ask Roxas that question." I tell Chopper. I get up from my spot.
"Ok I'll ask Roxas. What was Karri's job on the crew?" Chopper ask jumping to the floor.
I look down at him.
"She was intelligence or a spy for the crew. She's able to gather information better than Robin can." I say walking to the door.
"Oh I see."
"Well we better go, Lunch should be ready soon and if we don't get there before Luffy and Zoey we might not get any food." I say with a slight chuckle, as I open the door.
"Yeah,"
We walk out of the medical room, shutting the door behind us.
Being able to talk to my mentor again is nice...
Kyoko: Well what do you think? Sorry if it got a little 'blah' at the end. This is also the first part of a two part chapter.
Tory: Kyo wanted to get some interaction between the parents and children. The next chapter will continue this but with the rest of the crew.
Zoey: Happy Easter!
Loki: Zoey you already said that at the beginning of the chapter.
Zoey: But I wanted to say it again...(sad face)
Loki: Aww Zoey don't be sad.
Roxas: Geez Flirt Cook why did you go and make the Captain sad?
Loki: I didn't mean to! It's not like you don't do it every now and again Pin Cushion!
Roxas: What ever..
Kyoko: Ok knock it off you two. R & R