***Author's Note: I do not own One Piece, Oda does, I do own the characters I made up in this story (ex: Ivy, Cecily (Shadow), and any other made up characters throughout this story that I might create). Also, please do not copy this story and claim it as your own***
Chapt. 37: We Land on Cocoyashi Village, Johnny's Horrible News, and Nami's Been Betrayed
Flashback
"And I'm out," Nami smirked throwing down her cards with triumphant, "I win."
"You've got to be cheating," Ivy narrowed her eyes suspiciously at Nami, "Lift up your sleeves."
"Yeah, there's no way that you can keep winning all the time," Usopp agreed, narrowing his eyes at Nami, "I mean no one can be that lucky."
"What can I say," Nami smirked deeper, "When it's a game of cards, I'm the master."
"She probably played card games for money, that's why she's so good," Shadow grumbled, turning to face Luffy, who had more cards than what he started with, "Why do you have more cards than what you started with, Luffy?"
"I don't know," Luffy grinned, holding up a ton of cards in his hands, "I think more cards is better."
"IDIOT," Usopp fumed baring his teeth at Luffy, "LEARN THE RULES!"
"Ok," Luffy grinned, "The one with the most cards wins."
"THAT'S NOT HOW THE GAME WORKS, YOU MORON!" Ivy fumed, whacking Luffy upside the head.
End of Flashback
Man, they sure were idiots, but they made me feel happy for the first time in a long time, Nami thought-smiling sadly, putting stuff away in her "room" only to widen her eyes open feeling a massive quake, running out of Arlong Park with terrified eyes, THOSE IDIOTS, I THOUGHT I TOLD THEM TO STAY AWAY!
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Back at the boat with Ivy, Luffy, Sanji, and Yosaku
"Faster Cow," Luffy grinned, whacking Moo-Moo on the head, "Hang on Nami we're coming, I can see Arlong Park up ahead."
"WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT HURTING ANIMALS, YOU JERK!," I chafed, baring my teeth at him, pulling his cheeks with Armament Haki, before rubbing Moo-Moo on the head, "I'm sorry that this idiot hurt you, do you mind going a little faster please?"
Moo-Moo smiled up at me, swimming faster towards Arlong Park.
"You guys are seriously insane," Yosaku sweatdropped watching all of us, only to widen his eyes when he saw we were approaching Arlong Park fast, "SLOW DOWN BEFORE WE CRASH!"
"IVY WOULD YOU MIND TELLING THAT COW OF YOURS TO SLOW DOWN?!" Sanji suggested with a hint of panic in his voice, glancing up to where Yosaku was pointing at, getting huge eyes.
"Eh?," I furrowed my brows in confusion, looking at the two of them with my head tilted sideways, glancing up to where those two where pointing and got bugging eyes when I saw that were we're going to crash if Moo-Moo didn't slow, "MOO-MOO SLOW DOWN!"
"YAHOO!," Luffy grinned punching Moo-Moo on the head as he chanted, "FASTER, GO FASTER COW!"
"DON'T TELL IT TO GO FASTER YOU IDIOT!," Sanji, me, and Yosaku raged, baring our teeth at Luffy, only to hang onto the boat for dear life when we soared into the sky heading for Cocoyashi Village, "WE'RE GONNA DIE!"
"THIS IS FUN!," Luffy grinned, laughing as he sat on the front of the boat without a care in the world, "IT'S LIKE WE'RE FLYING!"
I'm gonna kill him! Sanji, Yosaku, and I thought, holding onto the boat as we started to fall to the ground.
"WE'RE FALLING!," I shrieked, glancing down at the ground, noticing Zoro and Shadow standing where the boat will crash, staring up at us, "GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
The boat stopped inches from hitting them in the face when we landed on the ground.
"YOU COULD HAVE KILLED US ALONG WITH ZORO AND SHADOW, YOU MORON!" I fumed, punching him on the head, while tackling him to the ground and giving him my famous stretchy torture, "DO YOU EVEN THINK BEFORE YOU ACT?!"
"Umm…" Sanji sweatdropped, glancing around before turning towards Zoro and Shadow, "Hey Moss-Head, where's the Long-Nose guy?"
"Don't call me Moss-Head, Perv Cook," Zoro hissed, getting wide eyes as he remembered what the Villagers said to Shadow and him earlier, "Oh crap, we need to hurry before Usopp gets killed."
"It's too late," Johnny demeaned, running up to us, "Big Sis Nami murdered him."
"SHUT UP!," Luffy warned, giving Johnny a dark glare, picking him up by his shirt, "NOT IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD NAMI DO THAT TO HER FRIENDS!"
"Believe what you want, but I saw her do it." Johnny wheezed, attempting to get Luffy's hands off of him.
"What was that about friends, Luffy?," Nami called glaring at us, walking towards us, before stopping a ways away from us, "What are you guys doing here?"
"Nami," Luffy grinned, walking up to her, "Your our friend, we came to get you."
"What pests, friends? Don't make me laugh," Nami smirked darkly at us, "I don't care how monstrously strong you guys think you are, but you guys are no match for Arlong and his crew. So I suggest you guys leave this island before you're killed."
"Nami's heartless face is so hot," Sanji praised in his heart-mode and noodle-dance, "Remember me? I'm Sanji, let's run away together."
"Can it Romeo, this isn't the time or the place for that," Zoro frowned, whacking Sanji in the head with his sword hilt, turning back to Nami, "Where's Usopp, Nami?"
"Love is like a hurricane so back off," Sanji glared, baring his teeth at Zoro when he noticed Zoro wasn't listening, "HEY, LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!"
"With the fishes." Nami smirked darkly at Zoro.
"Cut the crap," Zoro growled, charging at Nami with his blade, only to have Sanji block him, "CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU'RE REALLY STARTING TO PISS ME OFF!"
"How sad, a swordsman striking a lady," Sanji smirked, taunting Zoro, "I would be pissed too, if someone had stopped me so easily."
"Watch your mouth." Zoro glared darkly at Sanji.
"I can say whatever I want to." Sanji glared at Zoro.
"LEAVE!" Nami seethed, glaring darkly at all of us, "Don't you idiots get it? I only with you guys to take everything you guys own, SO TAKE YOUR SHIP AND FIND A NAVIGATOR DUMB ENOUGH TO JOIN YOU GUYS!"
"Sleepy." Luffy declared, falling back onto the ground, putting his arms behind his head.
"Huh," Yosaku raised his eyebrow in disbelieve, "You're going to sleep in the middle of road and in a time like this?"
"Yeah," Luffy nodded, lifting his straw hat off his face, looking up at all of us, "I'm not gonna butt into this island's affairs, but I'm not leaving either, plus I'm pretty tired."
"Ugh," Nami fumed, glaring at Luffy, storming off and calling over her shoulders with a pissed-look, "FINE, GO AHEAD AND DIE THEN!"
"Big Bro Zoro, we should leave like she suggested." Johnny advised, glancing over at Zoro and the rest of us.
"Big Bro Zoro," Yosaku began, walking over to him, "Aren't you going?"
"No, I have to stay and watch over my idiot captain," Zoro smirked, sitting down against a tree, "After all, you never know what kind of trouble he'll get himself into."
"So does that mean you want Big Sis Nami on the crew too?" Johnny inquired, lifting an eyebrow in skepticism.
"Personally, I really don't care who our navigator is," Zoro smirked, opening up one eye, pointing his thumb at Luffy, "But I'm not the one who gets to decided that, he is."
"I get it, we'll be going then." Yosaku nodded, walking away with Johnny right behind him.
"Hey why do you think Nami was crying?" Sanji puzzled, lighting his cigarette.
"Was she crying?" Zoro replied, opening an eye.
"She was at least in her heart she was." Sanji pondered, looking up at the sky.
"If she was crying, it would be tears of guilt for killing Usopp." Zoro frowned, opening both of his eyes.
"Are you dense?" Sanji glared at Zoro, "Do you really believe that she could have killed Usopp?"
"Are you saying that Nami didn't kill Usopp?" Zoro stood up facing Sanji.
"What do you think?" Sanji countered, "You know her longer than I have, but my gut is telling me that she didn't kill him.
"I always thought she was a small-time crook," Zoro smirked, glaring at Sanji, getting up in Sanji's face, "Besides, Johnny saw her do it."
"What did you say?" Sanji glared, getting up in Zoro's face, "SHE'S NOT SMALL TIME!"
"Is she all you think about?" Zoro smirked getting ready to hit Sanji.
"KNOCK IT OFF YOU TWO!" I shrieked, baring my teeth at them, walking up to them and whacking them on the head, "Sanji's right Zoro."
"Huh?" Zoro glared up at me, rubbing his head, "Ivy, do you also believe that Nami didn't kill Usopp? But Johnny saw…"
"True he did say that," I huffed, brushing my hands off, sitting back down and petting Shadow, "But, what if Nami was actually trying to protect Usopp."
"Why in the world would she do that?" Zoro wondered, tilting his head towards me with confusion.
"Just humor me for a minute," I explained with a smirk, "Hypothetically, if Nami had an ulterior motive for being with Arlong and she knew the Fishmen would try to kill us, why do you think she would "kill" Usopp?"
"If she did, which I highly doubt she does," Zoro rolled his eyes, "It would be because she would want the Fishmen to think he was dead, so they wouldn't come after him."
"Uh-Huh," I nodded, smirking, "And what is Nami exceptionally good at?"
"Playing her enemies," Zoro stated with a smirk, "So you think that she has a reason for what she did?"
"I do," I smirked, standing up with Shadow on my shoulders, spotting Usopp coming towards us, "Look there he is now."
"You want to go Moss-Head?" Sanji glared, getting into Zoro's face.
"Bring it, Curly-Brow," Zoro smirked, going to charge Sanji with his sword, but stopped upon seeing Usopp get kicked by Sanji (Sanji was trying to kick Zoro, but didn't notice Usopp in the middle of the two), "Its Usopp."
"See I told you that he was alive," Sanji smirked, a sweatdrop on Zoro's head had appeared, "I knew Nami was too kind to kill anyone."
"Well, he was," Zoro sweatdropped, (Sanji had a sweatdrop on his forehead too), "Let's hope he still is."
"DIDN'T YOU TWO IDIOTS HEAR ME EARLIER!" I fumed, walking up to them and whacking them upside the head, "YOU TWO COULD'VE KILLED USOPP!"
"Usopp, did Nami do this?" Luffy panicked, shaking his shoulders.
"Ummm…." Sanji chuckled nervously, scratching the back of his neck, "Actually, it was Zoro and me."
"No I didn't, it was all you." Zoro corrected with a sweatdrop on his head.
"Luffy, you're here?" Usopp mumbled.
"Yup." Luffy grinned, setting Usopp down gently.
"I'm here too." Sanji grinned, waving at Usopp.
"One of these days, I'm gonna kill you." Usopp glared, getting up in Sanji's face, baring his teeth.
"Look at that, you made a full recovery." Sanji grinned, sheepishly.
"Shut up." Usopp glared, baring his teeth at Sanji.
"Now that we know that Usopp is alive," I smirked, getting on Shadow's back (she was in her Black Wolf form), calling over my shoulders, as we took off, "Shadow and I have something to do, so we'll meet you guys at Arlong Park."
"What's with her?," voiced Nojiko, walking towards them with a glare, and sitting down on the ground with them, "I'll tell you guys why you shouldn't interfere with Arlong and I'll tell you about Nami's past."
"I'll pass," Luffy objected, getting up, walking away, "I don't care about her past, I'm going for a walk."
"Now he left?" Nojiko puzzled, tilting her head in confusion, "What's up with those three anyways?"
"Don't worry about them, it's just how they are," Zoro smirked, resting against the tree trunk again, "Even if you tell us, I doubt it'll change their minds."
"Now he's asleep?" Nojiko mused in disbelief, "Whatever, I'll start at the beginning…."
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Back At Bell-Mere's Tangerine Orchids and House
"One more little job, then this village will be free," Nami smiled, walking out of her house, freezing upon seeing the Marines walking with Genzo, "Huh?"
I've always hated that Rat-Marine, I think I'll pluck his whiskers off one by one heh heh I thought, smirking from the roof of Nami's house with Shadow on my shoulders, who had changed back into her Snow Leopard kitten form, (we were hiding on the roof in a small hidden area.
"Are you the pirate thief known as Nami?" Nezumi questioned mockingly, "According to our investigation, you have hidden plunder of stolen treasure in this tangerine growth, which the treasure now belongs to the Government, now hand it over."
What's going on? Why do the Marines want the money? How did they…Don't tell me…ARLONG YOU BASTARD! Nami thought, gritting her teeth, taking out her Bo Staff, and glaring at the Marines
"Chee, Chee," Nezumi laughed, smirking darkly at Nami, "Maybe you didn't hear me, you must hand over that money immediately."
"I'm one of the leaders of Arlong's crew," Nami smirked darkly at Nezumi, "He won't sit by, so I suggest you leave before…"
"Chee, Chee," Nezumi smirked darkly, ordering his men to look for the treasure, "Silly girl. Go look for the treasure Marines."
"Don't move, I said DON"T MOVE!," Nami fumed, whacking a nearby Marine that was walking over to the Tangerine Orchids, "Is this really what you should be doing right now instead of going after Arlong? Everyone in the village has been waiting for the Marines for years now, how dare you pass them by looking for money."
"Big talk from a filthy criminal," Nezumi smirked darkly, turning back to his men, "Keep searching, dig up this Orchid if you have to."
Ivy, are we going to help her now? Shadow thought.
No, just wait a few seconds. I thought smirking.
"KEEP YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF BELL-MERE'S TANGERINE ORCHID!" Nami raged, running towards the Marines and hitting them, "I WON'T LET YOU TAKE THAT MONEY ITS FOR…!"
"Lyndi," I chanted quietly, holding my new Silver Dragon necklace, "That's different, hey Shadow why is this one a bow and arrow instead of a sword?"
It didn't even glow, but in my hands was a silver bow and arrow. The bow was shaped like it had leaves on the tips, but it had a face of a dragon on it. The arrow had a heart design on the tip of the arrow (where you place the arrow onto the bow).
"That doesn't really matter at the moment, just shoot it." Shadow chided, jumping onto my shoulder.
"Fine," I grumbled, cocking the arrow into the bow, pulling back and letting it soar, it sunk inches from the nearest Marine's foot, "I've never even shot a bow and arrow before."
"WHO DID THAT?" Nezumi commanded, glancing around for the culprit, "SHOW YOURSELF!"
"HEY ASSHOLES, DIDN'T YOU HEAR HER?!" I taunted, jumping down from the roof, carrying a silver dragon sword (I learned it can change into a silver sword too), charging at the Marines who started to dig up the orchids, attacking them with the blunt side of my sword, "STAY AWAY FROM THOSE ORCHIDS!"
The sword had two parts that could be connected together. Each part had blades on both ends and it had a silver dragon design as the hilt. The hilt had a hand grab that was silver and it was coiled around as the body of the dragon, which ended as the butt of the two blades had a silver dragon faces on the butt of the hilts.
"Ivy…" Nami muttered with shock eyes before glaring at me, pausing in whacking the Marines, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
"To help you duh," I rolled my eyes at her, continuing to hit the Marines, then walking up to Nami when I took care of all the other Marines, whacking her lightly on the head, "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THIS ALL ON YOUR OWN!"
"You did, but…" Nami began with a glare only to get cut off by me.
"NO BUT'S, AND I DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT YOU WERE PROTECTING US!," I glared, flicking her on the forehead, before smiling at her, "We already know that and we don't care. Did you really think we were just going to leave you alone?"
"I had hoped you guys would listen, but I should've known better," Nami smiled sadly up at me, "Thank you."
"No problem," I grinned at her, taking my dagger out of its sheath, throwing it at Nezumi upon seeing him take out his gun, sending the dagger at the gun and it flew out of his hands with the dagger lodged into the gun, and it sunk into a tree with the dagger lodged into his gun, "Bad move, Rat-Face."
"Who the heck is that girl?" Genzo inquired, standing frozen watching us.
"That girl…" Nojiko faltered, eyes wide, standing next to Genzo, "She was the one from earlier."
"You brat," Nezumi hissed, glaring at me, "Do you realize that you just attacked a Marine captain?"
"You're voice is getting on my nerves," I glared darkly, rushing up to him, punching him in the face with Armament Haki, "Besides, I don't really care who you are, as long as you're a jackass I'll still kick your ass."
"I'll call the Government…" Nezumi squeaked, getting cut off as I sat on top of him.
"Go ahead," I smirked darkly, sitting on top of him as he lay flat on the ground, cracking my knuckles, "I hate those stupid whiskers of yours, I think I'll pluck them off slowly, one-by-one, heh heh."
"She wouldn't do that would she?" Genzo wondered with worry, only to sweatdrop upon seeing me pluck the whiskers.
"She's insane." Nojiko chuckled with amusement.
"That she is," Nami smiled fondly, standing next to Nojiko and Genzo, watching me, and then turning towards the two with a glare as she took off running, "I have someone that I need to chat with."
"Here's the last one," I cackled evilly, plucking the last whisker, then getting off of him, and round-house kicking him when he stood up, "NOW GET OUT OF HERE AND DON'T EVER COME BACK, YOU RAT-FACE BASTARD!"
"YOU'LL BE SORRY, YOU MIDGET!" Nezumi wailed, flying far away (from my kick).
"I heard that one before, bleh," I rolled my eyes, sticking my tongue out at his figure with my hands in my ears before turning towards the other Marines with a dark smirk as I walked to them, bonking each of them on the head before they started running to their Marine Ship, "BEAT IT AND NEVER COME BACK EITHER!"
"Umm…." Genzo walked up to me, with Nojiko on his heels, "Just who are you?"
"What I want to know is, how such a tiny girl could kick someone twice her size's butt?" Nojiko smirked, walking up to me.
"Let me introduce myself, I'm Ivy Miller," I introduced, mock bowing, "And I'm actually 20-years-old."
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!," Nojiko laughed, hands on her knees, before straightening up with a smirk on her face, "That is totally hilarious and amazing."
"Thank you, it makes it that much sweeter when I defeat someone taller than me," I smirked, putting my hand out towards her, "Ivy Miller."
"Nojiko," Nojiko smirked, shaking my hand, "I can tell that I'm gonna love you."
"Nobody understands my craziness, plus I also can tell we're gonna be friends," I smirked, nodded my head in agreement, "Where did Nami go?"
"She went to have a talk with someone," Genzo informed, walking up to Nojiko and me, "I'm Genzo by the way."
"You know Nami?" Nojiko inquired, sitting down next to me.
"Yeah, it's a long story," I grinned changing the swords back to the necklace, putting back into my green hip bag, and Shadow leaped down from the roof onto my shoulders, "And this here is Shadow, she can transform into different animals and a couple different human forms too."
"Hello," Shadow smirked, changing into her black wolf form and then changing into her emo girl form, "It's nice to meet all of you."
"Hi," Nojiko smiled at Shadow, turning towards me, "Can you explain this to us?"
"Your surprisingly calm about Shadow," I smirked, impressed since nobody has been that calm, "Although Genzo looks a little frazzled by that, but you two are the first ones to ever be this unsurprised by meeting Shadow."
"I guess when you see Fishmen, there isn't really a lot to surprise you," Nojiko smirked, "Now can you tell us about Shadow and your sword thingy."
"Yeah, I'll warn you two it's a long story," I nodded, stroking Shadow in my lap, "I'll start at the beginning…"
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5 Minutes Later
"That is really unbelievable," Nojiko mused with a smirk, "So you're from the Danico Clan."
"Yup," I smirked, standing up, getting onto Shadow's back (she's in her black wolf form), calling over my shoulder as Shadow and I raced off towards Luffy, "WE GOT TO GO, BUT COME SEE US LATER!"
"Do you think that girl and her friends can rescue us and save Nami?" Genzo asked, standing next to Nojiko as they watched us fade into the distance.
"If her friends are monsters like her," Nojiko smirked, "I have no doubt. I think we better get the villagers and go to Arlong Park."
"Why's that, Nojiko?" Genzo furrowed his brow in confusion, looking at her.
"I have a feeling this is gonna be a show that we won't want to miss," Nojiko smirked, running towards the village, calling over her shoulders at Genzo, "Come on Genzo, we don't want to be late."
"I'm coming." Genzo called, walking behind her.
TO BE CONTINUED….