Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece at all. oh the joy if I did.
This story is coming closer to an end. Not this chapter. probably the next though. Anyway, please enjoy
News of the sudden engagements sure travelled really fast; of course, why wouldn't it? The Mermen did propose on National TV.
The girls told the Mermen they had to meet the family. They were all looking forward to it, how greatly they will regret it when they see everything. So now here they were: The girls, the Mermen, Belle-mere, Genzo, and Eva- riding a limo to Nojiko's house. They were having a big family reunion.
"That was your idea, wasn't it?" Nami glared over at Eva; she still wasn't happy about being tricked into going to Spring Break.
"Who? Little ol me?" Eva attempted to sound innocent, Nami wasn't falling for it though. "Oh, why so mad? Could it be that you didn't want to say yes?"
"What?! Of course I wanted to say yes. It's just that…well..you, I can't even argue without you twisting my words around."
"Welcome to my world. Population: you and me." Arlong placed his arm around Nami's shoulder, pulling her closer to him.
"Ok, don't you two start now. I've had enough of Kuroobi and Julia kissing." Eva pointed at the very very back of the limo, where you can guess was back there doing their thing.
"At least it isn't Caylee and Choo. Anytime I walk in on those two kissing, I can never get that man off her." Nami and Eva shared in a loud laughter; Caylee, who was across from her sister, glared at them.
"Don't worry about them. They're just bored."
"I know they're bored….by the way, why am I sitting on your lap?"
"There wasn't enough room in the limo."
"Yes there is, there's an empty spot right next to my mom."
"I don't care. You're staying right here." He wrapped his arms tighter around her waist, making sure that she wouldn't get up.
"I can't believe I said yes to you. With the way you're acting, I'm gonna end the engagement." She pouted and looked away from him.
"Oh really? I can find a few ways to pursuade you to keep your decision."
"Don't you dare. Not right now. Eva, control your band."
"Sorry, I'm off duty today."
"Good for nothing." She mumbled to herself.
"Hey, I heard that. Don't you start arguing with me like Arlong." Eva threw a empty coke can at Caylee, it ended up being blocked by Choo's hand.
"Don't hurt my woman. You crazy psycho."
"You've been with Arlong too much. Now you're calling me names, That's it. I'm separating everybody tomorrow. The girls from the guys." She crossed her arms over her chest.
"Why you doing that Eva?" Hachi, who was sitting next to her, asked.
"Because I want to take all the girls shopping. And it gives us all a chance to spend your money." She swore she could hear a few groans coming from the Mermen, but she ignored it. She wasn't going to let them ruin her day.
The rest of the limo ride was silent. Eva couldn't help but look at all of the couples in the limo.
'Arlong has Nami. Choo has Caylee. Kuroobi has Julia. And even Mr. Genzo has Belle-mere. The only ones left are Hachi and me.' She smiled over at the octopus. She found it very hard to keep the secret from him.
Hachi was thinking the exact same thing as Eva, the girl he's felt so strongly for. Although, he hadn't realized his feelings for her until they actually started the band together. In all truth, he was the one who picked out the name 'Eva' for her.
The limo came to a sudden halt, the brakes screeching loudly. Everybody was able to cover their ears in time, except for Caylee, because Choo was holding onto her body in a tight grip, even her arms were stuck.
"Oh great, I went deaf."
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Nojiko opened the door seconds after the last person exited the limo; sprinting towards her sisters.
"HEY!" She jumped onto Nami and wrapped her arms and legs around her body. Nami, in response, fell up against the limo. "If it isn't my favorite orange-head. How ya doing, kitty?"
"For the last time, don't call me Kitty. I hate that name." Nami hugged her sister back before she jumped off and did the same thing to Caylee next.
"Ah, it's Candy cane. I miss you."
"Why do you call me candy cane again?"
"Because you have stripes of purple in your hair and the black makes it look like a candy cane."
"Kuroobi, hide me." Julia hid behind Kuroobi's tall body before Nojiko could see her.
"Hey, where did tomato and cheese go?"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT! Oops." Nojiko circled Kuroobi's body before jumping up on Julia.
"Haha, I knew that would get you out."
"Nice to see you too Blueberry." The Mermen and Eva couldn't help but stare at Nojiko's hair…it was blue. 'I think I can sort of understand the way Chris felt about the hair. It's creepy.' Eva giggled.
"And who do we have here?" Nojiko eyed all the new guests that were standing there.
"Hey Kiddo, meet your future brother-in-laws." Belle-mere placed her arm around her daughter's shoulder.
"You're kidding mom. Let me guess, let me guess…..The crazy black haired one is engaged to Caylee. The blonde is engaged to Julia. And the one with the long ponytail in the back is engaged to Nami. Did I guess right?"
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" The Mermen yelled in unison. Hachi, Eva, and Genzo had to hold them back from tearing the blue haired girl apart.
"No, I'm not crazy. I'm Nojiko. What's your name?"
'I'm starting to think that the Belle-mere is the smart one of the family.' Eva pulled Arlong back further until she was sure he wouldn't do anything bad. "Eh, maybe we should go inside and get introductions done."
Nojiko nodded before leading everybody inside the house. Once inside, the Mermen were able to see that the house was more like a mansion.
She lead them to the living room/movie room. The TV took up most of the wall and there was a popcorn stand with a soda drink fountain. It looked like heaven.
"Ok, so introductions now." Nojoko took a seat and waited to hear names.
"This is Arlong. And he's engaged to me." Nami stood in front of Arlong, showing her pride for him being her guy.
"Choo is the blonde. You can set him up with anybody you want. He's perverted and annoying." Choo grabbed onto Caylee's waist and pulled her to his body.
"And that's Kuroobi. No such word as 'personal space' in his dictionary."
"You like it that way, I know you do."
"Not in front of my big sister."
"So I got a few matches mixed up. No biggie. So I take it that Octopus boy and girly over there are together." Hachi and Eva exchanged glances before turning incredibly red. 'I'm so right about it; but they don't seem to want to admit it.'
"No no, I'm just the manager of the band. Hi, I'm Eva Hayes, and the octopus is Hachi."
'Oh yeah, totally crushing.' A scheme popped into Nojiko's head at that second, she was going to make sure that Hachi and Eva confessed to each by the end of the family reunion. "Girls, why don't you go around the house and introduce your fiances to your cousins. I need mom to help me in the kitchen."
"Do you have sake in there?"
"Yes, the brand you like."
"LET'S GET COOKING!" Belle-mere grabbed onto Genzo's hand and sprinted to the kitchen, Nojiko ran after her, mostly making sure that Genzo doesn't trip over something.
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"How many cousins do you guys have?"
"Only two, from our dad's side. Don't worry, they're crazy psychotic wanna kill a bunch of people type like him. Both are girls, and they're also sisters." The travel up the stairs part was actually very easy for the Mermen. With their long legs, they could skip about four steps a time; as for the poor humans, they were out of breath.
"I'm gonna kill Nojiko for putting all these stairs here. Seriously, isn't she worried about her baby suddenly tripping and falling?"
"No. she puts the safety gates up." Once they were safely up the stairs, they walked over to their cousins rooms. "Yeah, they lost their parents a long time ago, so Nojiko took them in."
They came to a halt at a very pale white door, the knob was the color of bright yellow.
"Prepare your eyes." Nami warned them as she pushed open the door.
The room was all white. White carpet, white curtains, white blankets and pillows, white TV, you name it, it was all white. The only thing that was colored was a small vase of sunflowers on the white counter next to the huge white bed.
"I've never seen so much white in my life." Arlong blocked his eyes from the harsh light the room was giving off.
"HEY COUS, GUESS WHO'S HERE!" Caylee yelled out. A small crash came from the bathroom that was linked to the room. Soon, a girl around the same age as Julia came running out, her long brown with golden highlights hair tied up in a messy bun.
"Hey guys, you're here. Finally." She charged to the girls and was able to hug them in a death grip, yes, her arms were long enough to hug three girls. "So cool, and I see you've brought guest." She let them go and walked up to the first Mermen she saw, which was Choo.
"Hey, did you know that your lips come out further than your arm extended?" She smiled innocently at him. He didn't know how to react at all, he was just in complete shock.
"Uh guys, this is Roxy. The oldest of the sisters. Her favorite colors are white with a little bit of yellow. And she's totally random."
"Feather." Roxy turned to her right when she noticed a white feather flying around the room. "And it's fuzzy."
"Roxy, these are our fiances. Choo, Arlong, and Kuroobi. Then this is Hachi and Eva." Roxy didn't even noticed who they were pointing at. Her short attention span was now on Eva's blonde hair.
"Her hair is yellow. Like sunflower petals." Roxy skipped closer to Eva, her eyes never leaving Eva's hair.
"I'm officially scared." Eva whispered to herself as she moved slightly behind Hachi, smiling at Roxy as she did.
"Where's Bambi?" Julia tapped her cousin's shoulder.
"Oh, she's inside the game room with the others. I need to do some stuff before I go down there. Now out out out of my room room room." She pushed them all out of the room, closing her door agianst their backs.
"She scares me." Kuroobi grabbed onto Julia and squeezed her tightly. "I can now see how she's related to your father."
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"HA, YOU LOST, YOU BIG BABY!" A girl with short black hair that came to the bottom of her chin held up her 'guitar battle' guitar in the air for victory. She had just bitten one of her many other cousins.
"Bambi, you cheated." The teenage boy argued with her.
"I didn't. you just suck. Next victim."
"How bout me?" Arlong stepped into the game room, all eyes turning to him in awe.
"Whoa, that guy…YOU'RE ARLONG FROM THE MERMEN!" Bambi threw her guitar onto the floor and ran over to Arlong, falling to the ground in front of him and bowing.
"Hey , don't even think about it. He's mine." Nami stood next to him, grabbing onto his hand.
"NAMI!" Bambi grabbed onto Nami's leg and pulled her down to the floor; once she was safely down, Bambi grabbed onto the other two girls, pulling them down as well.
"Caylee and Julia too. Merry Christmas to me!"
"Do you have to yell so loud? Especially near my ear?"
"Sorry Nami, I'm just happy to see you. So That I can get my revenge on you for not coming to my birthday last month."
"I'm busy planning a wedding."
"Doesn't matter. Revenge time. Pick up the guitar and put the mode on 'expert'. It's time for Nami to get blown away by yours truly."
"Don't have time for it. Just here for introductions. Mermen and Eva, this is our crazy cousin, Bambi. Obsession:showing people she's better than them. And over here you've got: Jack, Bobby, Jordan, Eddie, Kevin, and Toby."
All the boys sat on the couch inside the game room, all of them a little older than Nami; and they all couldn't remove their eyes from Eva.
"Too many cousins for me to remember." Eva shook her head from the great amount of information that was just given to her.
"No worries, baby. You just have to remember me." One of the boys stood from the couch and walked over to her, causing her to back up against the wall. "So what's your name?"
'Uh….oh crud, I can't remember the last time I was in a situation like this.' She gulped loudly, and looked to the Mermen for help.
"This is going to be an interesting day." Caylee went over to pull her cousin off Eva. "RUN EVA, RUN!" She yelled to her once she got her cousin down on the floor in a wrestling hold.
I don't know if the family is that weird….but they're weird to me! Lol, thank you for reading. Please leave a review on your way out.