Incident 1: Missing Straw hat.
Chapter 7
Luffy finding his hat in the village of humans.
Meeting the immortal phoenix.
Tonight is calm, the Youkai looming around finding their next meal.
*Boom!* "If you don't know where my hat is, then get out of my way!" Luffy shouted as multiple low level Youkai surrounds him. One of them humphed as they all started charging. "I don't have time for you all. GOMU GOMU NO..." Luffy said as he started twisting his body.
"FIREWORKS!" Luffy shouted as his body snapping back into place as his fists and feet going every where hitting every Youkai. Every Youkai fell down as Luffy started running into the forest. "Bunch of jerks, why did they attack me for?" Luffy said to himself annoyingly.
*Growl!* Luffy stopped into a walk as he whined. "Wah, I'm hungry. I sure miss Sanji's cooking." As Luffy said that he stopped completely as he remembers what happened in Saobody. "Don't worry everyone; once I find my hat, I'll come get you." Luffy's stomach growled again. "Once I get something to eat. Although there doesn't seem to be any meat here, I wonder if it's because of those people back their." Luffy sighed as he started walking again. "This place sure is weird, but it's also so cool!"
"Luffy!" Luffy looked back to see a familiar blond haired youkai. "Oh hey is the dark girl!" Luffy shouted out smiling as Rumia giggled. "My name is Rumia silly. Why are you out so let at night anyway. Youkai lurks in the darkness out to get humans like you." Rumia said mischievously as Luffy grinned. "I still don't know what this You-what-you-call-it is. But if they're like those weak guys back their is. I'll beat them all into the ground." Luffy said relaxing his hands on the back of his head.
They stopped as Luffy's stomach growled again. "Hungry?" Rumia simply asked at Luffy nodded. "There's the human village just up ahead I think, want to go there?" Rumia said as Luffy sighed. "As long as they have good meat. I'll go." Luffy said as they gone through the woods.
It took only ten minutes but they finely made. Only to find out a huge wall is blocking their way. Luffy streatched his arms and grab the top of the wall, ready to head through. Luffy looked over to Rumia. "Wanna come with?" Luffy asked as Rumia shook her head. "As much as I like to stay with you Luffy, but with all the humans in there. I don't think I could keep myself away." Rumia said as Luffy nodded not getting what Rumia meant. "Oh okay then, Hey..." Luffy starting saying as Rumia look back just about leave. "Just before you go, do you know where my hat is?" Luffy asked as Rumia finally noticed his hat is gone. Rumia pondered on it as she remembers the straw hat. she shook her head. "Sorry Luffy I haven't. But I'll look for it, I got a whole night with me. Bye!" Rumia said sadly as she flew away.
Before Luffy gone through wall he looks at Rumia in awe. "How nice, I wish I could fly." Luffy said as he finally flew over the wall. "I wonder if my hat is here? But first, something to eat." Luffy said to himself as he landed. He looked around as he is seeing multiple houses he never seen before. "Wow these houses look weird shishishishi. " Luffy laughed as he starting to smell something good. Luffy looked at his left to see a restaurant. "Finally some meat!" Luffy said as he is starting to drool.
Luffy ran into the restaurant surprising everyone inside and outside. Luffy sat at the counter as he started pounding. "Meat! Meat! Meat! Give me lot's of meat!" Luffy sang as the other's look at him funny.
"Who is he?"
"Is he a Youkai?"
"The way he want's meat. I wonder what he meant?"
Either he notice the whispering or not is unknown as his mind is filled with having meat. Luffy is also not noticing the white haired lady that is right next to him getting annoyed. The bartender not knowing what to do quickly getting the boy meat hoping it would please him.
"He-here you are sir." The bartender said after ten minutes giving Luffy a plate full of different kinds of meat. (Not the amount Luffy usually eats.) "Thanks. All I had to eat was those mushrooms. But everyone knows meat is simply the best. Right?" Luffy smiled. The bartender softens a bit by Luffy's smile but is still afraid of what he is going to do once he finishes.
As Luffy is eating the lady next to him finishes her bottle. "Another please. I'm going to need it." The lady have Red eyes and waist-length ivory hair. Wears a light brown, short sleeved shirt that appears as if it has been discolored from fire, and dark red overalls that are randomly decorated with paper charms. Her hair is tied with these same red and white paper charms. She is Fujiwara no Mokou, the Blaze! Human Inferno.
"More please!" Luffy shouted as he brought out a now empty plate looking for seconds. The bartender hurriedly gave him seconds as he also brought Mokou a second bottle of sake. This went one for some minutes as they both going to start on their fourth. The customers despite being afraid was also mystified by this development as they saw Luffy's stomach grew but looks like he isn't stopping anytime soon.
""More!"" Luffy and Mokou shouted together not even realizing each other is having a competition. The bartender said nothing as he gave them more meat and sake.
However Luffy ate it right away and ended up choking. "Ar-are you alright?" The bartender said worryingly but with out thinking Luffy while pounding his chest took something close that could help him get the meat down. Which ended up drinking out of Mokou's sake.
Mokou which was just about to drink jaw's dropped as she saw Luffy sighed in relief. "That was good. Now to get back to..."
*BAM!* Out of rage Mokou grabbed the back of Luffy's head and bang him right onto his food.
"OI! Why did you do that to my meat for!?"
"Well why did you drink my sake for!?"
""YOU MEAT/SAKE DESTROYER!""
Everyone sweat dropped at that as they saw Luffy and Mokou bumped heads. "You got a lot of nerve coming in here acting like you own the place." Mokou said to him. "I don't know what you mean but all I wanted was some meat." Luffy said back eating a drum stick he got from no where. "I don't care what you came for. But your causing these people trouble." Mokou said back as Luffy slightly tilted his head. "But your the one that is causing damage. What are you, an idiot."
Silence filled up the room as everyone started to feel warmer. They started walking out as they knew not to make Mokou mad. Luffy notice this as he said. "Why is everyone walki..."
*BANG!* Luffy was once again interrupted as Mokou punched Luffy in the chest making him crash through wall, leading him to outside. "OW! How did that hurt? I'm made out of rubber." Luffy said confused as how he got hurt with just a punch.
His question was answered Mokou came upon him with a fiery fist. Luffy dodged as Mokou punched the ground making a crack on the stone floor. "Wow how did do that. That is so cool!" Luffy said not understanding the situation.
Mokou didn't answer as she kept punching Luffy which he kept dodgeing, just barely though. "Oi why are you trying to hurt me. If it was about the sake then I'm..." Luffy didn't get to finish as Mokou at last made a successful punch on his head making his neck stretch.
"EH!? He can stretch!?" The villagers shouted out and Mokou humphed. "Hmp, I've seen weirder."
"GOMU GOMU NO BELL!" Luffy's neck came back and headbutt Mokou right on the forehead. Mokou took a few steps back as she felt a brush forming on her head. Mokou shook her head as she felt her Hourai regeneration setting to work as her brush disappeared.
The two stood still as the villagers kept a distance from the two destructive people. They started again as one of the villages coughed as Luffy stretch his arm back. "GOMU GOMU NO BULLET!" Luffy tried to punch her but she sidestepped as she made a punched herself which he ducked. Luffy stretched his leg back. "GOMU GOMU NO WHIP!" Luffy made a wide arc planning to trip Mokou up but she jumped over it and made a kick, kicking Luffy's jaws.
Luffy being flung into the air flipped over landing on his feet. After that Luffy ate the rest of the meat he was still holding along with the bone. Mokou raised an eyebrow but stopped as she saw Luffy running back towards her. As they got close to each they started punching and kicking, turning into a fist fight.
This has been going on for five minutes as they finally stopped. Mokou chuckled. "I gotta say, your really pushing my buttons despite being human... You are a human right?" Mokou asked as Luffy tilted his head at the question. "Yea, why?" Mokou shook her head. "No reason, I shouldn't get shocked by the place we are in. However..." Mokou said bring out a spell card. "... I'm not going to hold back now." She said as the spell card lit on fire. Luffy took his stance all ready.
"Spell Card: Flame Sign "Phoenix's Super-High-Temperature Feathers" Phoenix feathers of bright blue start to spread circularly around Mokou as she starting to run towards Luffy. "Like some cool feathers will do me in!" Luffy shouted out as he jumped up high, stretching his leg back and shouted. "GOMU GOMU NO STAMP!"
Mokou swished her hand making some of her blue feathers aiming at luffy. Some of them hit Luffy's foot making him yelled out in pain. "WAH! IT BURNS!" Luffy made his foot back and bend himself backwards dodging the rest.
"Well yea it is made of fire." Mokou simply said Luffy landed rubbing his foot. "But fire is red not blue! Well looks like I have to go all out as well." Mokou raised an eye brow as she saw Luffy's legs pumped up. "Gear second."
"All right here I come." Luffy said as he ran towards her making a blurring image. "GOMU GOMU JET BULLET!" Luffy shouted as he punched her right into the stomach making her drift backwards and stopped herself just before she hit one of the house. Making her blue feathers disappear
"Wow with a punch like that, You could go toe to toe with an oni. But that doesn't mean I can't back down yet." She said as she brought out another spell card and started to fly towards Luffy. "Spell card: Cursed Talisman "Indiscriminate Ignition Cards"
When Mokou was close enough she stopped as three layers of burning amulets moved towards Luffy's direction. Luffy with his new speed manege to dodge them. One of them exploded as Luffy accidentally touch one which caused a chain reaction as Luffy being tossed around.
Smoke covered the street as Mokou was thinking if she overdid it. "GOMU GOMU NO JET BAZOOKA!" She got hit on the chest by two palms as she finally hit the building behind her. She tossed a broken plank out of her way as she saw Luffy breathing heavily as he gone out of gear second.
Luffy knew he is using too much of his second gear and not enough nourishment making him more tired. Luffy gripped his hands as he also knew he can't loose, not anymore. Mokou sighed. "You are strong, there's no mistake about that. But you are obviously out of your league here. Tell you what, how about I'll treat some more food in one of these restaurants." Mokou said as she thought back about how Luffy drank her sake. 'Well I shouldn't off got angry about that. The dude was choking after all.'
"No." Mokou raised an eyebrow again as she saw Luffy raising his fist to his face, putting his thumb to his mouth. "We started this fight, so we're going to finish it." Mokou was worried that the poor fellow is pushing himself but the next got to Mokou. "So give me your best short."
Mokou knew those eyes. Those are the short of eyes that gives out that he has nothing left to loose... 'No. Those are the kind of eyes that he can't fail, not again. He is certainly an interesting human. Just like that shrine maiden.' Mokou thought to herself as she grabbed onto her last Spell Card. "All right then here I come." Mokou said as her Spell Card once again lit up as she flew up making sure not to burn anything.
Luffy nodded as he said.
"Gear third. Bone balloon!"
"Spell Card: "
Luffy blew air into his thumb making his entire hand and his forearm expand into that of the giant as light started appearing between her hands. As Luffy jumped towards Mokou he stretched his arm back as he started twisting his arm around.
"GOMU GOMU! GIGANTIC RIFLE!"
"LET THIS WHOLE WORLD BURN AWAY INTO NOTHING!"
As Luffy launched his rifle as he gotten near to Mokou a bright light appeared as a massive explosion. All the villagers got blew back as they looked at such a spectacle. As the light went away as they saw Mokou breathing lightly as she held onto the unconscious Luffy bridal style.
"You idiot, if that wasn't a spell card you would've died." Mokou thought about Keine for a second. "I would've bet that you have friends waiting for you." Mokou shook her head. "Well you can't sleep in my place nor could we go to Keine's. She could rip my head off because of this." Mokou sighed as she looked at the direction of the bamboo of in the distance. "Well I am propose to be a guide so I'll take you there I propose." Mokou said to herself as she started flying there.
Down below the bartender look at the two with a frown. "They forgot to pay."
To Be Continued
I think this one went well, well accept for the length of chapter. But hey I am mostly used to 2-3 thousand words for each chapter, so I hope that doesn't disappoint you.
And sorry this took so long. Been playing Mario Kart 8 lately and it got me distracted.
That's all and I'll see you next time.
