(A:N) Thanks for the views and such. Going to be editing a few of the older chapters due to spelling, and grammar errors.
"L..L..LUFFY! ZORO!"
"NAMI, ARIES, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT!?" Sanji shouted with angst
"AHHH! D…D…DOCTOR!" Chopper shouted
"Thats you idiot!" Usopp hit Chopper across the head comically.
The four of them got on to the Merry and Chopper had brought all of his medical stuff out and started to work on Zoro.
"Aries who did that to you?!" Sanji tunred his head to Zoro and Luffy. "Your supposed to look after them"
"I can look after my self" Aries swatted Sanji's hand away from her irrantedly.
Chopper had put a patch on Aries's four head, then he went to work on her hand. Chopper was learnt that its best not to ask Aries questions all the time. The only way you could, was if Aries spoke about it first. Even if you did ask, she'd properly just ignore you. She isn't much of a talker when it comes to her injures, hell she wasn't must of a talker in general.
However as he looked at her hand Aries saw that he wasn't happy, she could tell that he wanted to ask about it. Well its not really surprising, she was positive that she had ripped her knuckles to the point that you could see white.
Once finished she went and on the railing as Chopper started to go to work on Luffy.
"So? What kind of freaky monster did you get into a fight with?" Usopp asked.
"Some pirate. Its fine, its over and done with" Luffy smiled a little.
"Yeah" Zoro placed his arms behind his head.
"It may be done and over with for you guys, but my temper sure ain't over" Nami clenched her fist. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! IF YOU CALL YOURSELVES MEN, YOU SHOULD UNLEASH SOME WHOOP-ASS WHEN JERKS COME ASKIN' FOR IT! ACTUALLY YOU SHOULD JUST FLATTEN THIS ENTIRE GODDAMN TOWN WHILE YOU'RE AT IT!"
"You're the one who told us not to cause trouble…"
Nami shot her head towards Zoro who was now standing next to her. "THE PAST IS THE PAST FOR A REASON! DON'T DRAG IT OUT TO THE PRESENT! OR I'LL MAKE YOU PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO BRING IT UP!" Nami cursed.
Zoro looked at her nervusly.
"I'd love to see that. Oh by the way, did you ask about Sky Island?" Aries raised her left leg up and rested her arm over her knee.
"Yeah did you?" Chopper sounded so excited.
Nami slowly turned around with demonic look in her eyes. "SKY ISLAND?!"
Chopper moved away from her shaking.
"I've HAD it with that subject! I mentioned Sky Island once, and the whole bar exploded in laughter…" Nami clenched her fist to the point her knuckles turned white. "DID I REALLY SAY SOMETHING THAT FUNNY?! WELL?! DID I?!" Veins popped out of her head and shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Certain Kill Ketchup Star!" Usopp was laying on the floor covered in ketchup.
"Guard Point!"Chopper was practically crying in fear.
"Y-you know something…" Luffy looked at Aries. "Spending time with you lot, I've come to a realisation... She's a demon in human skin…" Aries looked unnerved and she could feel herself getting a cold sweat.
"Shishishi" Luffy grinned.
"My, my. Don't things seem awfully noisy here?"
Aries looked behind her and saw Robin approaching them with some bags.
"Ahh" Welcome back, Robin! Will you be eating now? Or will you be taking a bath?!" Sanji seemed more excited about the second part.
"Oh, were you out Robin?"
"Yes, to acquire some clothes… As well as some information on Sky Island" Robin made her way onto the ship.
"THAT'S RIGHT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT" YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STARTED US OFF ON THIS WHOLE CRAZY GOOSE-CHASE ABOUT SKY ISLAND!" More veins popped in her head as she pointed at the older woman. "THE MOMENT I FIND OUT IT DOSN'T EXIST, YOU'RE FISH-FOOD!"
"Jumping Point!" Chopper jumped into the water with Zoro irritatingly, following him.
Robin just looked at her questioningly.
"Just let her be for now…In fact don't even get near her right now." Usopp put his hands up in front of him, looking a little worried for Robins safety.
Robin walked up to Luffy and handed him a map.
"OHH! A treasure map!" Luffy sounded excited as he held the map in his hands.
"Its not just a normal map, but a map of where…?" Usopp looked over Luffy's shoulder.
"This island" Robin replied as she took her hat off.
Aries walked to Luffy and Usopp and looked over his shoulder. "Island looks weird" She crossed her arms of her chest.
"The town on the left is where we are. Mocktown. You see a mark at the cost on the other side don't you…? Apparently an outcast lives there."
"Outcast?" Luffy, Aries and Usopp synced.
"His name is Montblanc Cricket. A man chased out of this town for talking of dreams… Seems like we have mutual interest, doesn't it? She smiled.
They sailed away, and after a while they saw there was another ship not far in front of them, they could hear shouting coming from them.
"What the hell's that…?" Aries put a hand above her eyes.
"Looks like we've already run into some weirdos" Luffy causally spoke. "But I don't think its "him" Usopp"
Usopp and Chopper were both hiding behind Sanji who looked a little annoyed.
"Not sure if that's a good or bad thing though… Well in any case, we saw them, no doubt about it!"
"That;s right! The salvage crew we ran into earlier, are defiantly from this island! We saw them returning back to the dock!" Chopper panicked.
"Ohh... Well I don't really care if I run across them again though"
"Either way" Aries interlocked her figures and stretched her arms out, so the back of her hands were facing her. "I've been itching for a fight!"
"Aries!" Uopp cried.
"HEY YOU! YEAH, YOU"" They shouted. "STOP CHATTING OVER THERE!"
"TSK! Jeez, and I thought it was somebody dangerous. It was me a little bit edgy" A giant looking…man? Was sat in a tree styled throne.
"You have a very strange face" Luffy blurted out.
"What Species are you?" Aries spoke nonchalantly.
"I'm human you punks"
".…." Aries just looked dumbfounded.
"WHHHHH!" one of his crewmen shouted.
"Don't mess with our captain!" Another yelled.
"Forget it, forget it. It seems like guys are pirates! Did you know that Crocodile's seat in the Shichibukai is empty now? If they judge by real strength, that should be mine now" I'm so edgy just waiting." he clenched his fist a little.
Aries couldn't help but let out a snigger.
"Ah, you want to join the Shichibukai?"
"Ah!? I know you're wondering why me, so I'll tell you something special about me." he cleared his throat. "Ever since I was born, I've never had a hair cut. That's 25 years without one! …So, did I surprise you?"
The five of them just looked at him, then a second later Aries burst out laughing.
"You're an idiot" Luffy brutally pointed out.
Aries fell to her knees as she held onto her belly.
"Ahh, Ari-chan is soo cute when she laughs~" Sanji swooned.
"What!? You surprised me"
"How dare you laugh and say that to the captain!" one of his crewmen shouted.
"Forget it, forget it. Jeez, your response really made me a little edgy. Remember this, passing through the tunnel called "My Fury" …. The result with be a sea of blood." He looked at the group a little menacingly.
"Whatever, we have somewhere to go, so get out of the way." Luffy bent his arms and placed the back of his hands on his hips.
"Let me help you, my darling" Sanji put a and out for Aries while his other one was on his chest.
"ha…ha, Thanks" Aries wiped the tears from her eyes.
"You stupid idiot! This part of the sea is my territory! If you want to pass you have to pay the toll!" He screeched.
"Ah! Hes like the troll under the bridge" Aries hit the side of her fisted hand into the palm of her other.
Usopp looked at her exasperatingly. "Not exactly…"
"But anyway, the "territory" thing again, he talks just like Masira" Usopp continued.
"Did Masira say that too?" Luffy asked,
"What? Masira?! What happened to Masira?!"
"Huh? We sent him flying with a kick but…"
"YOU SENT HIM FLYING … FLYING WITH A KICK? HOW DARE YPU TREAT MY BROTHER LIKE THAT?!" he interrupted Luffy.
"CAPTAIN!"
"Eh? Hey, wait a minute… We may have kicked him, but he's still ali-"
"I WILL AVENGE MASIRA!" He interrupted again.
"he could be shark food…" Aries pondered.
"SOUND WAVE! "WAIL OF DESTRUCTION!" Shoujou shouted at the top of his lungs through a microphone. As he did a massive shock wave was realsed.
"The ship…" Luffy's eyes widened a little.
"GAH!"
"CAPTAIN! YOU CANT USE THAT TECHNIQUE WHILE ON THE SHIP!" A crewman shouted.
"HE'S LOST ALL SELF-CONTROL BECAUSE OF HIS ANGER!"
His own ship was beginning to get ripped apart, his crew shouted in both pain, and to tell their captain what he was doing.
Aries watched as the scene unfolded before her amber and black eyes. "This hurt just to watch"
"What are those guys doing?" Sanji breathed out some smoke.
"No idea… He's crazy to use those loud sound waves. Its destroying his own ship" Luffy replied.
"What are you guys doing? Don't just stand there, hurry up and get us out of here" Nami shouted.
"Oh, Nami's not a devil anymore" Luffy smiled.
"YES!~" Sanji shouted with his arms above his head.
"She has already released all of her anger on us…" Usopp made sure to keep his distance from her.
"Huh?" Aries looked around and her eyes widened a little.
"W…Wait!"
Around them the ship had started to be torn apart, Aries put her hands over her ears as the wave hit her.
"Damn! The sound waves are reaching our ship!" Usopp panicked.
"Cracks are appearing in the parts we fixed earlier!"
"This ships already in bad shape! If we stay here, the ship will be in pieces"
"Full speed ahead! Get out of range of this sound!" Nami shouted. The boys went to their stations and the ship began to sail away from them, however the damaged was already done.
- A while later -
The Straw hats managed to get away, however they took a bit of damage, Zoro, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper where helping out fixing it…Luffy however, accidentally caused more destruction in his wake.
Aries sat on the railing at the front of the ship next to Nami. The wind blow through her shoulder length, slight messy hair, doing so made all of her hair get pushed off the left side of her face, as it did she moved her hand up to feel the side of her neck. Just under her ear her figures brushed against the mark on her neck. She pressed her blunt nails and dragged them slightly across the mark.
Her attention drifted to what was being said around her, as Aries looked out in front of her she cocked her head a little with a questionable look.
"Umm…Who is it that we're looking for again?"
"Montblanc Cricket" Robin spoke, with the wind blowing her hair out of her face.
"...SO the man who talks of dreams lives there?" Nami replied.
"THAT'S SO COOL!" Luffy's mouth hung wide open.
"WHOA-" Usopp eyes popped out.
".…." Aries looked dumbfounded.
"THIS IS HIS HOUSE?!"
"Whoa, maybe he's like, super duper rich?!"
"No don't believe it" Aries waved dismissively.
"Look again you dimwits." Zoro sighed.
"Well for a dreamer, he sure does "dream big." Sanji pulled the cig out of his mouth and the smoke oozed out.
"What do you mean?" Chopper used his hooves to open his eyes further.
As the ship sailed closer to the land they saw that the place was nothing more then a charade.
"AGHH! ITS JUST A WOODEN BOARD!" Luffy shouted in disappointment.
"WHAAAAA?!" Usopp's mouth hit the floor.
"That's just sad…" Aries placed her hand on the left side of her face, she had her figures separated so she could still see.
"Only half is an actual house…The other half's just a veneer" Zoro placed Wado over his right shoulder, keeping a firm grip on it.
Sanji pulled up the sails as he spoke. "Must be a pretty cheap guy."
"Just what sort of dreams was he talking about what got him run out of town?" Nami turned to the older woman, who was sat on the railing.
"I don't know the details, but… Supposedly, there's a vast amount of gold hidden in this island of Jaya"
"GOLD?!" everyone apart form Sanji, Aries and Zoro spoke up.
"Who knows…?" Robin replied.
Aries made of her way off the ship and followed Luffy and Sanji to the house. Behind her she could hear Nami shouting to Chopper, to start digging for gold.
"This place sure is small…" Aries placed her hands in her pockets and looked around.
"Helloooo? Anybody home? I'm coming in!" Luffy opened the door and began to walk in.
"So he lives alone, all the way out here on the islands edge?" Sanji puffed some smoke out.
"WHAT, YOU'RE JUST BARGING IN!?" Usopp shouted as he stood next to Nami.
"HELLOOO?!"
"Monkey, What're we gonna do if this guy's dangerous?" Aries asked with some excitement in her voice.
"Hm? I don't see anyone inside…"
"The place is empty" Aries tapped her foot on the side of the table gently. she looked disappointed.
Aries walked back to Nami, who was sat reading a book.
"And so the liar, very pitifully. Met his end…Without even becoming a brave warrior of the sea…" Nami looked at him pitifully.
"Warrior?" Aries cocked her head a little.
"WHAT'RE YOU LOOKIN' AT ME FOR?! AND DON'T GO INSERTING LINES THAT AREN'T EVEN IN THE STORY!" Usopp shouted in annoyance.
Aries stood next to them when she suddenly turned around. "MONKEY! GET AWAY FR-"
Before she could finish, Luffy was already in the water. "Wha?" Luffy fell into the ocean!" Nami shouted.
"W-what so you think you're doin'?!" Usopp panicked.
Everyone shot there attention to a man who was pulling himself from the water.
"Just who the hell are you people?!"
"Usopp! Get Luffy outta the water!" Sanji got ready to fight against the half naked man.
"You've got some guts barging in another man's house and making yourself at home. The seas around here are my territory."
"I'm sick of hearing this territory shit…" Aries spoke in annoyance.
"You've come for my gold. Haven't you?" He got ready to fight Sanji head on.
The man called Cricket shot a kick at Sanji's chest. However Sanji suddenly moved out of the way, efficiently dodging the kick. Then without warning Cricket went to kick Sanji in the head, Sanij ducked down, but as he did Cricket shot his hand towards Sanji head. He had his full hand out, his fingers heading towards Sanji's face.
Sanji swiftly pulled his leg up and caught his hand with the joint of his foot. As Sanji caught it, without warning Cricket pulled out a gun and shot it at his head. As the shot went off Sanji backed flipped just in time, as he went backwards the bullet cut through his hair.
"SANJI!" Chopper and Nami shouted.
"Don't worry, it didn't hit me!" Cricket let off more shot with Sanji managing to doged them all. "But… Just gimme a lil' longer to finish him off!"
"That's what you get for underestimating him, you dumbass…" Zoro held onto Wado tightly.
Aries clenched her fist, but before she did anything she saw Zoro heading towards them.
"Hm?!" Zoro looked at the old man.
Aries watched as the man fell to the floor, dropping his cigeret and gun. Usopp pulled Luffy onto the edge, Aries slowly edged herself closer to the four of them, she had her arms to the sides and was slowly flexing her hands, looking a little anxious.
"You…you okay old man?" Sanji asked unsurely.
