Cray was walking by Iza and Sumi, Sumi out of curiosity wanted to know more about Cray.
"So your actually a pirate?" Sumi said
"I guess you could say that." Cray said
"But your not bad though?" Sumi said
"Well it all depends on what your term of "bad" means." Cray said
"Do you steal from people?" Sumi said
"Sometimes." Cray said
"Do you hurt people?" Sumi said
"Only if they only hurt me first, like what you did to that guy who tried to hurt you." Cray said
"And your an artist?" Sumi said
"Yep, ever since I was little, me and my friends have been traveling for a while now and we've been and seen a lot of incredible places along the way gave me alot of things to think of what I'm going to make." Cray said
"What kinds of places?"Sumi said
"Would you believe me that I said that me and my friends visited an island in the sky?" Cray said
"NO WAY!?" Sumi yelled
"Stop telling him made up stories like that." Iza said
"Its the truth!" Cray said
"Sure it is." Iza said
Don't believe me!? I have it drawn in my sketchbook and everything!" Cray said
"Sketchbook?" Sumi said
"Yeah, ever since me and my friends made it to the Grandline, I have been making drawings left and right, so I can make into fullfledge paintings someday." Cray said
"Interesting, Is it okay if I could Can I see it...please? "Sumi said with intrigue
"Sorry, but my Sketchbook is off limits." Cray said
As they were walking they then started to cross a large bridge to the other side of the Canal
"Were just about halfway there." Iza said
as they were walking across it, the three of them noticed someone running towards them at an incredible speed, as he had his head turned behind him like he was running away from something or someone.
"Who the hell is that guy?" Cray said
Iza just looked as the man came closer, with annoyance.
"Its probably debt collectors again." Iza said herself with annoyance
"Who is he?" Cray said
"An Idiot." Iza said walking forward
The man still had his head turned the other way seeing what might be behind him.
"Ha! gave those suckers the slip." The man said to himself laughing in triumph still running across the bridge.
Then as he turned his head forward he was then caught by surprise as he was suddenly Clothes lined from an extended arm hittting him right in the chest making him fall over right on his back.
"Ugh, ow." the man said
He then looked and noticed a figure above him
"HEY WHAT THE BIG IDEA!" The man yelled
"Nice to see you to Paulie." Iza said
Paulie then got up and brushed himself off.
"You didn't have to do that." Paulie said
"Well how else was I going to stop you." Iza said
"You could've...AH! IZA WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING!?" Paulie yelled with his face flushed.
"What about it!? its my deep sea diving jumpsuit." Iza said
"That jumpsuit shows way to much of your legs! its indecent!" Paulie yelled
Iza then started to pull on Paulies Ear
"owowowowow!" Paulie yelled
"Don't tell me on what I can or can't wear!, Geez and that's the attitude I get from you after I loaned you that money to help pay off most of those debts you owe." Iza said letting go of Paulies ear.
"Your still holding that over me?" Paulie said holding his ear in pain
" IT WAS $400,000 BERIS!, Which by the way I'm still waiting for you to pay back!" Iza said
"I gave you some of the money yesterday!" Paulie said
"I know, now you owe me $390,000 Beris." Iza said
"Come on Iza just give me a little more time, you know I'm good for it." Paulie said
"When are you going to pay it in full!?" Iza yelled
Paulie was getting nervous as Iza was yelling at him, he could take the regular debt collectors, but Iza was totally different he's known this woman for years, and knows full well what happens if you really piss her off.
"GIVE ME AN ANSWER!" Iza yelled
As Paulie was thinking of something to say he turned his gaze towards a Yagara Boat that happened to be passing under them with a few guys riding in them looking like they belonged in some sort of gang.
"Uh, Let me get back to you with that." Paulie said jumping off the side of the bridge
"HEY GUYS I NEED TO BORROW YOUR YAGARA!" Paulie yelled out as long ropes extended out of the sleeves of his jacket
"Ahh ITS ONE OF THE SHIPWRIGHT FROM DOCK ONE!" One of the man yelled
"Rope Action: Round Turn!" Paulie yelled out as his Ropes started to twirl around the men tightly he then pulled them off knocking them into each other the boat and into the water. Paulie then landed on the boat and started to ride off.
"Don't worry Iza I promise to pay it soon!" Paulie said riding away
"PAULIE!" Iza yelled
"HEY THANKS! THAT MONEY BELONG TO US!" Ussop yelled out
"What?...Money?" Paulie said looking at the briefcases that were on the boat as he looked more closely he then had a shocked and happy expression. he then started to ride away even faster
Cray looked out on the side of the bridge and noticed Ussop, Luffy, and Nami with a few other Individuals. which he guessed one of them was probably that Iceburg guy they were looking for.
"HEY! COME BACK HERE!" Ussop yelled at Paulie
"That Son of a bitch! I'm gonna catch him!.. Gum Gum!" Luffy yelled
Luffy then felt someone holding his fist back he turned around and noticed one of the shipwrights who had a pigeon wearing tie that was on his shoulder.
"I'll go" the Pigeon said
"A talking pigeon?" Luffy said
The man then jumped up high into the air and then landed on the boat that Paulie was on before he could react, the man then tugged on Paulies ear
"Ow! Dammit Lucci that hurts!" Paulie said
"Turn the boat around now, Or I'll have Iza come here and yank the other one." The Pigeon said
"All right I get it let go of my ear!... Here I was lucky enough to stumble on a lot of money and then you show up" Paulie yelled
"Don't payback with someone elses Money, you fool!" The Pigeon said
"There coming back." Iceburg said assuring the three of them
"Woah! he just caught up with him without a breaking a sweat." Ussop said
"HEY! YOU GUYS!" Cray yelled
They looked and noticed Cray walking towards them along with Iza and Sumi
"OH HEY CRAY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER HERE?!" Luffy yelled out
"Just passing by." Cray said
Luffy then looked and noticed the two other individuals.
"Who are these guys?" Luffy said
"This is Iza and her assistant Sumi, she's the owner of that Art Gallery Kokoro mentioned remember?" Cray said
"Oh yeah." Luffy said
"So I take it your this guys friend?" Iza said to Luffy talking about Cray
"Yep he's part of my Crew, Names Monkey D. Luffy and I'm going to be king of the pirates." Luffy said
"King of the Pirates huh? Well good luck with that." Iza said turning away from him and towards Iceburg, Kalifa
"Hows it going Iceburg?" Iza said
"Just fine thank you for asking Iza." Iceburg said petting the white rat that was in his pocket.
"And who is this cute little guy?" Iza said looking at the rat.
"This is Tyrannosaurus he's a mouse I just picked up not to long ago." Iceburg said
"So? What? do you just randomly pick up any stray mice you come across now?" Iza said with her arms crossed
"Don't be ridiculous of course not." Iceburg said
"Kalifa." Iza said waving hello.
"Iza." Kalifa said adjusting her glasses non-chalantely.
Luffy started to take a look at Sumi more closely
"You kind of look just like my Doctor. He's a reindeer." Luffy said
"You got a Reindeer as a Doctor?" Sumi said
"Sure do, he ate a Devil Fruit so he's able to walk and talk like a human." Luffy said
"A Devil Fruit?" Sumi said
"Yeah did you eat one to? Is that how your walking and talking?" Luffy said
"Oh um, I don't know." Sumi said closing his eyes nervously.
"Then what are you suppose to be? some kind of talking dog... (Looks behind him) I've never seen a dog with a weird tail like this before." Luffy said looking at Sumis Tail curiosly and then gently touching the tip of it
Sumi out of reflex Jolted and then without hesitation quickly flipped front wards as a fist formed out of the tail made out of paint and hit Luffy under the chin making him fall backwards. leaving Ussop, and Nami in a surprise state.
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to do that." Sumi said getting nervous again seeing Luffy on the ground, and then slowly getting up.
"Whoa...THAT WAS SO COOL! YOUR TAIL CAN DO THAT!?" Luffy yelled excited
"Oh um, yeah it sort've of uh Defense thing, Iza taught me." Sumi said getting more nervous
"Can you do other things to?" Luffy said
"Well I could also.." Sumi said
"SUMI!" Iza yelled at him
Suddenly Sumi then poofed into smoke and turned into a Paintbrush again
"Woah he can turn into a Paintbrush!" Nami, Ussop and Luffy yelled in Unison.
"You know he kind of reminds me of that creature that me and Chopper encountered in Alabasta." Ussop said
"What Creature?" Nami said
"When we were fighting Mr.4 and Miss Merry Christmas, they had this weird looking gun that could turn into a dog, it was so weird." Ussop said
Luffy then picked the Paintbrush up
"Yep that just settled it you have got to join my crew." Luffy said talking
Sumi then poofed back.
"Huh?" Sumi said confused as he stared at Luffy
"Luffy I thought we were looking for a shipwright?" Nami said
"We are, but," Luffy said looking at Nami
Sumi was then quickly snatched away by Luffy by Iza
"Thats enough, leave Sumi out of your little Pirate gang." Iza said with seriousness in her tone
"Oh Come on, I just wanted to..." Luffy said with a huge smile
Iza then flashed Luffy one of the most serious scariest stares that he's seen from a person, Luffy then felt very uncomfortable and the stare even made Ussop Shiver down to the bone. Luffy decided not to press it any further and backed up a little. Sumi just stayed behind Iza. with his hands together with his down in nervousness.
it was silent for a second and Cray decided to break it before it got even more awkward.
"Soooooo. how much did you get for that gold anyway we will be able to fix the Going Merry?" Cray said
" $300,000,000. beris, We'll be able to fix the ship and then some." Luffy said
"$300,000,000!?" Cray yelled
"Yeah we acted the same way ourselves." Ussop said
"And that suitcase your carrying is carrying all of that?!" Cray said
"Of course not, a few guys tried to steal the other two suitcases and try to get away on one of the Yagaras, the one thats being brought back right now." Nami said
"Well who in the hell was trying to steal it?" Cray said
"That would be the works of the Franky family." Kalifa said
"Franky Family?" Luffy said
"Who are they?" Ussop said
"The Franky Family is a group of demolition workers." Kalifa said
"But they didn't look like ordinary craftsmen though." Nami said
"Wells that because there actually bounty hunters as well, when everytime a new a Pirate group comes around they start causing trouble around the city. there a big pain in the ass if you ask me." Iza said interrupting Kalifa
" Ahem, I was quite capable of explaining that to them myself Iza." Kalifa said kind of annoyed
"After they crush the pirate group, they then dismantle there ship and sell any Lumber or treasure they find on it, thats how there business works." Iceburg said
"How bad natured! are they trying to completely wipe the pirate group
Lucci and Paulie then arrived with Lucci still yanking Paulies ear.
"Were sorry this Idiot caused you any trouble. Coo Coo." The Pigeon said
"It spoke Again!" Luffy said
"Okay let go of my ear now!" Paulie said carrying the two briefcases towards the Luffy
Paulie then gave the two suitcases back.
"Thank you." Luffy said
"If you really want to thank me you would give me 10%." Paulie said
"BONK!"
Paulie was then hit in the back of the head with a mallet by Lucci.
"You need to excuse him, this guy racked up a huge gambling debt, so he has become greedy and and has no manners" The Pigeon said
"SO WHY THE HECK ARE "YOU" TALKING!?" Luffy yelled
"Your always talking shit about me, I had enough of it today!" Paulie yelled out as ropes came out of the sleeves of his jacket.
"Rope Action!: bowline Knot!" Paulie yelled as a piece of rope wrapped around Luccis arm, and the pigeon flying off his shoulder.
"Punishment: Hook, Line, Sinker!" Paulie yelled as he lifted Lucci high into the air and over him as he slammed him into the ground, leaving everyone in a state of shock as a bunch of dust covered the area Lucci was slammed down into the ground. but as the dust cleared up they could see that Lucci was not fazed at all, as he was standing standing stright up with one of his arms wit hish fingers planted into the ground.
"Guys do you see that, that guys fingers are planted clean through the pavement? and he doesn't seem to be any pain at all." Cray said
"Man what kind of shipwrights are they?" Ussop said kind of scared
"Hey Goggles! why are you attacking that guy for!? its the Pigeon that was calling you those names!?" Luffy said poitning at it as it was flying in circles above them all
"Thats fine! it was Lucci that hit me!" Paulie said
"Hey Pigeon! why don't you fight your own battles!" Luffy yelled at the bird
Lucci then got up as the pigeon landed back on his shoulder
"Do you still want to fight!?" Paulie said walking towards Lucci
"Enough Paulie." Iceburg said
"Coo coo, sorry for the fuss, I'm Hattori the pigeon and this is Rob lucci, he works here nice to meet you." The Pigeon said
" Oh I get it! that must be some kind of ventriloquism!" Nami said
"Oh so it was you that was really complaining I never noticed!" Luffy said clapping his hands along with Ussop in amazement
"Its no big deal, coo coo." Hattori said
Haha hes just a weirdo who can't talk to people properly." Paulie smoking a cigar laughing
Paulie then looked at Nami
"AHHHH Wait a sec..whats with that woman!?" Paulie yelled
"What?" Nami said
"Your Shameless! your showing your legs to much!, This is a workplace for men look how your dressed!" Paulie yelled
"Here we go again." Iza said irritated
"Now Paulie calm down." Kalifa said getting in front of Paulie
"AHHH You to Kalifa you haven't learned your lesson and are wearing such outrageous clothes again! How many time do I have tell you, Wear long pants!" Paulie yelled
Suddenly Paulie could feel someone pulling his ear again
"OW again with the ear!?" Paulie yelled as he was being pulled back
"Excuse me for a minute." Iza said as he pulled Paulie away, to have a little chat with him. Everyone looked and started to see Paulie and Iza arguing with each other again.
'"What is it with those two?" Nami said
"Oh um, Well Iza and Paulie kind of have a "History". Sumi said
"What kind of History?" Ussop said
"Me, Kokoro, and Paulie are one of the very few people Iza interacts with, We've known each other for a very long time." Iceburg said
"Now go and apologize." Iza said pointing out
"Alright, Alright." Paulie said walking back to Kalifa and Nami
"Sorry...that was...very rude of me, I...Apologize." Paulie said through his teeth and turning his head away in embarrassment with his face flushed.
"I accept your apology." Kalifa said
"Me too, thank you." Nami said
"Your...Welcome...you hussies." Paulie said under his breath
"WHAT WAS THAT!?" Iza yelled
"NOTHING!" Paulie yelled
"Alright, now that thats out of the way Paulie, Lucci could you open the doors so we can go inside already." Iceburg said
"Alright." Paulie said
Everyone turned towards the Large door with the big number 1 in the front as Lucci and Paulie stood right by it as they both layed a hand on the door
"What a huge door!? and this requires Manual operation can these two really open it!?" Ussop said
Lucci and Paulie then started to push the large door slowly.
"Whoa its opening!" Ussop yelled
" Each dock has shipwright foremans, They may not look like it, but there skills made them foreman for Dock #1, Kaku the one that we talked to earlier is one of them to...this is the Backbone of the Galley La company." Iceburg said walking forward.
Each of the straw hats stared in awe as they saw the the huge construction going around the whole area as they were walking through the large doors
"This areas huge lets check it out!" Luffy yelled in excitement.
"Come on Sumi. grab the Painting." Iza said walking forward
"Okay." Sumi said Grabbing it and putting it over his head
"Wait aren't we going to see your Art Gallery?" Cray said
"Yes, its right over there." Iza said Pointing out in the distance seeing a sectioned off Area thats more close to the City part then the Dock, it was a good sized Building, with many different Water based designs on it.
"Thats your Art Gallery." Cray said
"It sure is, Dock#1 is the quickest short cut to get there, otherwise we'll have to travel halfway across the city, heh its a good thing I caught a break bumping into Paulie and Iceburg like this." Iza said
"Don't count on it all the time Iza." Iceburg said
As they were walking alot of the Workers then started to Greet iceburg as he was walkign by them
"Good Morning Iceburg."
"Good Day Iceburg."
"Boss could you take a look at how the Panels at the walls are!" One of the workers said
"Sure, I'll go check it later." Iceburg said
"Wow, Ice pops is really popular." Luffy said
"Of course, in this city, skill is all that matters. on this island shipbuilding was well-developed from the start, and seven shipbuilding companies were competing with each other, Meanwhile he attracted craftsmen with his genius shipbuilding skills, then he put those seven Companies together, to form a company five years ago which he calls the Galley-La Company, his passion and skills have never changed and the craftsman won;t forget there respect towards him. and because of there skills, they never give in to pirates or Authority, this is that kind of place." Kalifa said
as Kalifa was talkign Luffy Quickly rushed towards Iceburg.
"Hey Icepops I heard your a top notch shipwright, do you wanna join my crew?" Luffy said
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR SAYING!?" Paulie yelled
"HOW INSOLENT!" Kalifa yelled
"Now-Now, he's always like that." Nami said
"You don't say? Does your captain pretty much asks anybody to join your crew because I damn sure didn't like him doing that to Sumi?" Iza said
"Eghhhh." Cray said thinking about what to say
"Iza its fine its Okay, The last thing I want to do is become a Pirate." Sumi said hoping to calm down Iza
"Are you saying that you have no Shipwright?" Iceburg said to Luffy
"Thats right we came here to find one and to have our ship repaired." Luffy said
"Its true that we have tons of shipwrights, but I wonder which one would want to join a band of pirates, your free to headhunt one if you want." Iceburg said
"Really!? Thank you Can;t i ask you to join us?" Luffy said
"Well...I can't, I'm the mayor, sorry but you'll have to find someone else...By the way...is the woman named Nico Robin really on board your ship?" Iceburg said
"yeah she is she's really smart? Why? is something the matter?" Luffy said
"No." Iceburg said
"Hey pops, is it okay to go closer and that ship." Luffy said pointing and the ship being constructed
"Thats fine." Iceburg said
"Thanks!" Luffy yelled running towards it
"Don't you think your being a little to generous?" Iza said to him
"Perhaps a Little...Iza, I'll need to talk to you later about something." Iceburg said
"About what?" Iza said
"I can't discuss it here. call me when your done with your business." Iceburg said
"Hey Iceburg." A man said walking towards him,
"Oh its you Komo, what is it?" Iceburg said
"Here issssss the lissst of thosssse ship parts you requessssted." Komo said handing him
"Oh, good work Komo." Iceburg said taking the documents from his hand.
"HEY KOMO! HOWS IT GOING!?" Paulie said
"hey Paulie, sssssay could you ssssspare a sssssmoke?" Komo said
"Sure Pal." Paulie said taking out a Cigar and tossing it to him along with a lighter.
"Thanksssss." Komo said as he lit the Cigar, he then took a long drawn out smoke from the cigar to the point it was gone. he held it for a while and then blew out a huge amount of smoke from his mouth.
Eeeeeeeeeeck." Cray said in disgust after witnessing that.
"Damn, you could've at least enjoyed it for a little bit." Paulie said
"Ssssssorry but I don't have time, got a lot of things to do." Komo said tossing Paulie back the lighter.
"Lucci, Kalifa." Komo said greeting them and turning back to go back to work.
"Come on I'm just about done carrying these paintings around, lets go." Iza said
"Yes Ma'am." Sumi said
"alright Ussop, Nami, see you both later." Cray said
"See ya Cray." Nami and Ussop said.
(Iza's Art Gallery)
"Ah home sweet home." Iza said walking through the door.
"Yeah." Sumi said
Cray then started to walk in he then went into his backpack to grab his sketchbook as he unzipped it he was stopped by Iza
"Before you even enter put your Backpack over there, and no Pictures or Sketching." Iza said informing him strictly pointing at spot near a bookshelf
" Ugh man, all right." Cray said putting his Backpack down on the book shelf, and as he did he was allowed to continue forward he then, noticed the Gallery, it was a nice common area but, there were bunch of nice pieces many ranging from small to big.
"Well welcome to my Art Gallery." Iza said as she put the painting back.
Cray just stood there kind of confused.
"What? your not impressed?" Iza said
"Oh no its not that...a lot of these paintings are amazing, its just, well, I was kind of hoping to see a little bit more...Art." Cray said
"Yeah well what you see is what you get." Iza said
"Really!? but Kokoro said you owned one of the most beautiful Art Galleries in the whole city?" Cray said
"That's because Its the only one, as a matter of fact this is "only" Art Gallery in the entire city, this place is known for its Shipbuilding skills, not Art skills." Iza said
"How do you make a living here?" Cray said
"being the only Art Gallery in the whole city does have its benefits, many people request a lot of art pieces for me to make, the art pieces that was stolen by those bandits earlier, those were paintings that I made for a Client, who will be picking them up in a few days, I also help around the Docks to." Iza said sitting down on a chair.
"So your a Shipbuilder to?" Cray said
"Oh No, I prefer a pencil more then a hammer...I'm an Architect." Iza said
"An Architect?" Cray said
Yep, besides building ships I help design them...from time to time, Building a ship is one thing, but making sure that it looks right and that it has "Personailty" is another, otherwise its just pieces of wood nailed together that floats. its one of the key things of making a ship..."Presentation." Iza said
Cray then looked at the paintings that were brought back.
"How much will you get for these?" Cray said
"Enough." Iza said answering
"Yeah, these paintings that we got back, Iza is going to get over 3 Million Beris for them." Sumi said
"Sumi!" Iza said
"Oh um, I'm sorry, its just that I'm glad that all that hard work you did won't be for nothing." Sumi said
"..Thank you Sumi I really appreciate it." Iza said
"Oh um, Your welcome." Sumi said putting the painting down, and walkign past the Bookshelf. Iza just looked at Sumi with a sad look
"(Sigh)." Iza said
"Why does he always do that?" Cray said
"What?" Iza said
"That "Oh um" when he is asked a question or is complimented, he seems to get really nervous very easily." Cray said
"I don't know, he's been that way ever since I found him." Iza said
"Found him?" Cray said
"Its a long story." Iza said as she looked at the one of the paintings hanging from the wall the painting looked very menacing with Dark clouds in the background and what seems like a huge wave engulfing an entire area.
"It was the day when I made this." Iza said getting up
"What is it suppose to be?" Cray said
"Its Agua Laguna." Iza said
"Agua Laguna?" Cray said
Suddenly the door from the Art Gallery suddenly opened up Quickly, and the one who did it was...Nami, breathing heavily.
"Nami? is everything all right?" Cray said
"Cray we got to get the others Quickly now!" Nami said
"Why whats the matter?" Cray said
"...Its Ussop." Nami said
"What about Ussop?" Cray said
Nami quickly grabbed Crays arm
" I'll explain once we start going!" Nami said pulling him
"Okay Alright I'm coming, thank you Iza for showing me your Gallery, but I have to go." Cray said quickly grabbing his backpack and zipping it back up quickly and exiting out of the building.
as she saw Cray leave she then Took out a Den Den Mushi.
"Iceburg you said you wanted to talk to me about something?" Iza said.
Cray and Nami were now racing down the the Canal on a yagara
"So Whats going on with Ussop!?" Cray said
"He was abducted...By the Franky Family." Nami said with a bit of anger in her voice
"What!?" Cray yelled
"and I found him...They beat him to a pulp...and took the 200 million that he was carrying, he was in bad shape and I couldn't carry him, so I left him back there,to go and get Chopper." Nami said
"Those Sons of Bitches,...and wheres Luffy?" Cray said
"Back at the Shipyard, still looking around for Ussop, I didn't have time to go and try and find him, and since I already knew where you were at I came to you instead." Nami said
"Well everybody should already be back at the ship...hopefully." Cray said
"We have no time to lose, we'll pick up Luffy later after we get Ussop treated...Also theirs something I got to tell you about the ship." Nami said
"What?" Cray said
Hello everyone Glad to be back, Intended to release this for Christmas but there was alot of thing s that i need to think through before releasing it, but still better late then never, I hope you all liked it. and have a Happy New Year!