Possession [1/?]
By: Sparrow
"It's a great day to be at sea boys!" yelled a red-haired man
The man's crew yelled back, "Aye Cap'n Shanks!!"
Cap'n Shanks, Cap'n or just plain Shanks known to his friends breathed in deeply the sea air and was just content to enjoy the day.
Of course, days like those are when things go distinctly banana shaped.
"Ship ahoy!!" yelled the crow's nest.
"Friend or Foe, Eagle." Cap'n Shanks yelled back up.
"Pirates!! Like us Cap'n." Eagle yelled back.
"Be on your guard men, we don't know if they'll attack or not." Shanks yelled to every one of his men.
"Aye Cap'n."
Eagle, the man in the crow's nest was a newer addition to Shanks merry band of pirates, seeing as the old crow, Hawk, died from a cannonball taking his head clean off.
"I think it's a ghost ship Cap'n! No one's aboard, the sails are ripped up and it looks deserted." Eagle said coming down the mast.
"Be on your guard boys, looks like we have an easy pillage today!" Shanks happily yelled out.
The crew cried out in joy and got the planks and ladders ready to board. As the ship came closer, the First Mate started to swing a rope with an anchor attached to around his head. After swinging it a couple of times, he let the anchor fly and it settled it's self deeply into the wood of the other ship.
Giving a chorus of 'argh's' Cap'n Shanks and his crew boarded the 'ghost' ship.
The crew started to rummage the top of the ship as the Cap'n and The First Mate headed down into the lower part of the ship. That was when the banging started.
"...elp!!! IN HERE!!! THERE'S A SICK MAN IN HERE!!! HELP!!!!!!!" came a high phigh-pitched.
Cap'n Shanks raised an eyebrow at his First Mate, "Sick man, eh? Think we should see if they're telling the truth?"
The First Mate gave a serious thought and nodded," Why not, it looks like there's hardly anything in the ship anyways."
*SMACK!!!*
"Keep your dirty hands to yourself ZORO!!! Sanji is really sick here, you're barely able to raise your sword, and Usopp is somewhere else on the ship."
"I'm just worried about that dunderhead, that's all." Zoro whispered.
"I know, me too, I hope he can live with himself after we rescue him and kill that bitch!" Nami half whispered and half shouted.
Zoro smiled a sad smile and was about to say something else, when the door was knocked down.
"Well, well, well, what do we have hear? A girl, a barely conscious swordsman, and an unconscious pimp. Looks like good supplies for tonight Cap'n."
Nami swallowed nervously as she quickly stood up and got into a defense position, 'Never again,' Nami thought furiously.
"Sanji isn't a pimp!! He's our cook!!!" Nami yelled.
"My mistake, Cap'n, whaddya wanna do with them?" The First Mate asked.
Suddenly, Eagle came round the corner and almost knocked into Shanks, "Cap'n, they said to tell you, it's Usopp!!"
"Usopp?!?! Yasopp's little boy, he's here?!?!" Shanks yelled at Eagle.
"You found Usopp" Nami knocked The First Mate down as she rushed past Cap'n Shanks and hugged Eagle, "Is he okay? Was he injured anywhere? WHERE THE HELL IS HE YOU JERK?!?!?"
Zoro coughed weakly, "Nami-san, he can't breath. He can't tell you about Usopp, if he can't breath."
Nami lowered her eyes in slight shame and dropped Eagle.
Cap'n Shanks approached Nami,"How do you know Usopp?"
"He's our sharpshooter." Nami retorted back, "Since you're friends with him, you can help me with the rest of the crew here. We need fresh water if I can start to help them get better. We've been down here for a week now."
Shanks started to laugh, "Very well. First Mate, think you can give a hand with the little lady."
The First Mate chuckled from his position on the floor, grabbed Sanji and was about to pick up Zoro when he realized that Nami had beaten him to it.
After, they had all settled down into the meeting room of the Straw Hat Pirate Ship.
"Now exactly what happened?" Shanks asked.
Nami bit her lip nervously, "We were sailing obviously. When Usopp saw a rowboat off our starboard, our captain grabbed her out and brought her aboard. She, she didn't wake for a couple of days, Sanji *weak laugh* kept trying to wake her up with undying promises of love, the baka. When she finally did wake up, we were all below deck. *taking a deep breath* That's when she blew this powder on him, our captain." Nami kept thinking, keep Luffy's name out of it, keep saying captain, don't know if we can trust these guys."Then she ordered him to attack us and he did. I know our captain, he would never attack us, never. We're his nakama. *sniff* We were put down in that hold room and the door was locked. Most of the guys were knocked out and then Usopp, Usopp came and started to hammer our captain, to snap out of it. Whenever he's napping we, we usually wake him up that way sometimes. He doesn't mind it, he laughs with us. But now I just feel awful about it. *sniff* Usopp kept following him up to the main deck trying to knock him or Belladonna out. That was the last we saw of either of them.
Shanks shuddered, he had heard of Belladonna. An evil sadistic woman who liked to control other people.
Suddenly, Shanks was struck with a thought, "Your Captain, what's his name?"
Nami looked straight into Cap'n Shanks eyes, "He has a bounty on his head, how do I know I can trust you after what we've been through."
"I give you my word as a brave warrior of the sea and as Captain Shanks of the Redhaired Pirate gang."
Nami suddenly stood up looking at him,"You're Shanks!!!! You're the one he kept talking about. He kept saying he was going to be a pirate because you inspired him and he wanted to be one. I know I can trust you know because our captain trust you." Looking straight into Shanks eyes Nami said, " His name is Monkey D. Luffy."
Shanks stood up quickly and walked to the top of the ship and got the attention of his crew, Nami was trailing behind him.
"Crew, we have a serious problem, we raided Anchor's ship! He is now being controlled by Belladonna. I understand if you don't wish to participate in the rescue attempt, I won't even hold it against you, but I'm going to rescue Luffy."
A stunned silence reached the crew's ears as they took the news in, except for Eagle, since he didn't know whom this 'Anchor' or 'Luffy' was.
Looking more serious than he had in years Shanks asked a very simple question and that was when Nami realized that Luffy got that 'look' from Shanks and Luffy was going to be alright.
"Are you with me or not?"
"ARGH!!!!!!"
By: Sparrow
"It's a great day to be at sea boys!" yelled a red-haired man
The man's crew yelled back, "Aye Cap'n Shanks!!"
Cap'n Shanks, Cap'n or just plain Shanks known to his friends breathed in deeply the sea air and was just content to enjoy the day.
Of course, days like those are when things go distinctly banana shaped.
"Ship ahoy!!" yelled the crow's nest.
"Friend or Foe, Eagle." Cap'n Shanks yelled back up.
"Pirates!! Like us Cap'n." Eagle yelled back.
"Be on your guard men, we don't know if they'll attack or not." Shanks yelled to every one of his men.
"Aye Cap'n."
Eagle, the man in the crow's nest was a newer addition to Shanks merry band of pirates, seeing as the old crow, Hawk, died from a cannonball taking his head clean off.
"I think it's a ghost ship Cap'n! No one's aboard, the sails are ripped up and it looks deserted." Eagle said coming down the mast.
"Be on your guard boys, looks like we have an easy pillage today!" Shanks happily yelled out.
The crew cried out in joy and got the planks and ladders ready to board. As the ship came closer, the First Mate started to swing a rope with an anchor attached to around his head. After swinging it a couple of times, he let the anchor fly and it settled it's self deeply into the wood of the other ship.
Giving a chorus of 'argh's' Cap'n Shanks and his crew boarded the 'ghost' ship.
The crew started to rummage the top of the ship as the Cap'n and The First Mate headed down into the lower part of the ship. That was when the banging started.
"...elp!!! IN HERE!!! THERE'S A SICK MAN IN HERE!!! HELP!!!!!!!" came a high phigh-pitched.
Cap'n Shanks raised an eyebrow at his First Mate, "Sick man, eh? Think we should see if they're telling the truth?"
The First Mate gave a serious thought and nodded," Why not, it looks like there's hardly anything in the ship anyways."
*SMACK!!!*
"Keep your dirty hands to yourself ZORO!!! Sanji is really sick here, you're barely able to raise your sword, and Usopp is somewhere else on the ship."
"I'm just worried about that dunderhead, that's all." Zoro whispered.
"I know, me too, I hope he can live with himself after we rescue him and kill that bitch!" Nami half whispered and half shouted.
Zoro smiled a sad smile and was about to say something else, when the door was knocked down.
"Well, well, well, what do we have hear? A girl, a barely conscious swordsman, and an unconscious pimp. Looks like good supplies for tonight Cap'n."
Nami swallowed nervously as she quickly stood up and got into a defense position, 'Never again,' Nami thought furiously.
"Sanji isn't a pimp!! He's our cook!!!" Nami yelled.
"My mistake, Cap'n, whaddya wanna do with them?" The First Mate asked.
Suddenly, Eagle came round the corner and almost knocked into Shanks, "Cap'n, they said to tell you, it's Usopp!!"
"Usopp?!?! Yasopp's little boy, he's here?!?!" Shanks yelled at Eagle.
"You found Usopp" Nami knocked The First Mate down as she rushed past Cap'n Shanks and hugged Eagle, "Is he okay? Was he injured anywhere? WHERE THE HELL IS HE YOU JERK?!?!?"
Zoro coughed weakly, "Nami-san, he can't breath. He can't tell you about Usopp, if he can't breath."
Nami lowered her eyes in slight shame and dropped Eagle.
Cap'n Shanks approached Nami,"How do you know Usopp?"
"He's our sharpshooter." Nami retorted back, "Since you're friends with him, you can help me with the rest of the crew here. We need fresh water if I can start to help them get better. We've been down here for a week now."
Shanks started to laugh, "Very well. First Mate, think you can give a hand with the little lady."
The First Mate chuckled from his position on the floor, grabbed Sanji and was about to pick up Zoro when he realized that Nami had beaten him to it.
After, they had all settled down into the meeting room of the Straw Hat Pirate Ship.
"Now exactly what happened?" Shanks asked.
Nami bit her lip nervously, "We were sailing obviously. When Usopp saw a rowboat off our starboard, our captain grabbed her out and brought her aboard. She, she didn't wake for a couple of days, Sanji *weak laugh* kept trying to wake her up with undying promises of love, the baka. When she finally did wake up, we were all below deck. *taking a deep breath* That's when she blew this powder on him, our captain." Nami kept thinking, keep Luffy's name out of it, keep saying captain, don't know if we can trust these guys."Then she ordered him to attack us and he did. I know our captain, he would never attack us, never. We're his nakama. *sniff* We were put down in that hold room and the door was locked. Most of the guys were knocked out and then Usopp, Usopp came and started to hammer our captain, to snap out of it. Whenever he's napping we, we usually wake him up that way sometimes. He doesn't mind it, he laughs with us. But now I just feel awful about it. *sniff* Usopp kept following him up to the main deck trying to knock him or Belladonna out. That was the last we saw of either of them.
Shanks shuddered, he had heard of Belladonna. An evil sadistic woman who liked to control other people.
Suddenly, Shanks was struck with a thought, "Your Captain, what's his name?"
Nami looked straight into Cap'n Shanks eyes, "He has a bounty on his head, how do I know I can trust you after what we've been through."
"I give you my word as a brave warrior of the sea and as Captain Shanks of the Redhaired Pirate gang."
Nami suddenly stood up looking at him,"You're Shanks!!!! You're the one he kept talking about. He kept saying he was going to be a pirate because you inspired him and he wanted to be one. I know I can trust you know because our captain trust you." Looking straight into Shanks eyes Nami said, " His name is Monkey D. Luffy."
Shanks stood up quickly and walked to the top of the ship and got the attention of his crew, Nami was trailing behind him.
"Crew, we have a serious problem, we raided Anchor's ship! He is now being controlled by Belladonna. I understand if you don't wish to participate in the rescue attempt, I won't even hold it against you, but I'm going to rescue Luffy."
A stunned silence reached the crew's ears as they took the news in, except for Eagle, since he didn't know whom this 'Anchor' or 'Luffy' was.
Looking more serious than he had in years Shanks asked a very simple question and that was when Nami realized that Luffy got that 'look' from Shanks and Luffy was going to be alright.
"Are you with me or not?"
"ARGH!!!!!!"