One Piece Fanfic: The Krull Pirate Crew
Luffy walked out onto the deck of the Going Merry and raised his hand to his forehead to enable him to get a better look without the sun in his eyes. The ocean was calm and the sky was clear. It was still morning, but the sun already had some spite to it.
Luffy raised his head to the Crow's Nest and spotted Usopp who was already on watch.
"Oi! Usopp!" Luffy shouted as he waved his arms trying toget his attention.
Usopp turned and looked down at Luffy who looked as cheerful as ever.
"Ah, Luffy... What is it?" Usopp replied.
"Any sign of land? I'm hungry!" Luffy shouted up to him.
Usopp signed and looked around again. "No, I've been keeping watch for a few hours now but I ha...." Usopp's voice trailed off as he squinted at the horizon.
Luffy blinked a few times before looking in the direction Usopp was.
"Laaaaand!" Luffy shouted. Not long after, Nami walked out along with Sanji, Vivi and Chopper to get a look. Sure enough, there was an island in the distance.
Luffy cheered for another moment before rushing over to Zoro who was busy sleeping in a hammock he had tied outside the previous day.
"Hey! Zoro! We found land!" He shouted directly into Zoro's ear.
Zoro's eyes snapped open and he glared at Luffy. "Couldn't you let me sleep a little longer!?" He growled.
Luffy let a deep laugh. "Ha ha ha! But look! We're almost there!" He grabbed Zoro's head and almost turned it 180 degrees to get a look at the island.
"See?" He asked cheerfully.
Zoro smacked Luffy's hand away. "Idiot! Its at least an hour away!" He shouted.
Luffy burst out laughing as Zoro started tio argue with him. The rest of the crew kept their eyes on the island.
"I wonder whats on it..." Chopper said to himself quietly.
Yu stood on the edge of a large cliff overlooking the island's bay. He was certain that he saw a ship slowly approaching. He sneered and pulled his hands out of his pocket to discard his chewed up toothpick. Upon throwing it away, he retreived a new one from his shirt and inserted it into his mouth. Yu was a lanky looking man with curly black hair. His bangs came down over his dark brown eyes, one of which was shielded by an eye patch. There was nothing wrong with his eye, but Yu felt that the eye patch added character. He turned and started to walk away, his bare feet kick up dust as he went. His hakama blew in the gentle breeze as he approached three cottages. He went into the largest one. This was a single room cottage. The room contained a large table with chairs on each side, making it resemble a briefing room. At the very end of the table there was one large chair which currently had someone sitting in it... An average height man with slicked back, red hair. He had a scar running over his lips and a long diamond earring on his left ear.
He wore a white cloak with a very loose white shirt on underneath. He also wore white pants as well as white shoes. In his hand he held a small coin which he continuously flicked it the air and caught. The side that always landed face up always started on the back of the coin..
"Krull-sama.." Yu began as he bowed his head in respect. "There is a ship approaching the island and the flag appears to be black."
Krull held his coin still as he looked at Yu and smiled. "Ooh, a pirate ship? Interesting... But what would bring them to my island.. ?"
He dropped his coin into his shirt pocket and then stood up, crossing his arms. Yu watched Krull's eyes and predicted that Krull's mind was starting to drift.
"Yu, wouldn't you say that they must be completely mad to pay me a visit?" He asked Yu with a slight hint of excitement in his voice.
Yu lifted his hand to his chin and sighed. "Krull-sama, its not just your powers alone that make us what we are.." He looked at Krull and smiled. "If anything captain.. We coud have gotten rid of you long ago.."
Krull snorted and flicked a few strands of hair back. "Of course you could.. But we're a happy, loyal family.. Aren't we Yu?"
Yu closed his eyes and nodded. "Of course we are.."
After a moment of silence, Krull walked over and put his arm on Yu's shoulder. "I trust that you will meet them at the shore?" He asked.
Yu nodded slowly. "Of course... Shall I bring someone?"
Krull crossed his arms and lowered his hand. "Hmm... Lets not scare them away just yet.. Take Hatori with you, but.. Make sure that he stays hidden unless they pose a threat."
Yu smiled. "Of course.. They'd have trouble proceeding if Hatori uses his power.."
Krull let out a low laugh and then let his hand slip off of Yu's shoulder. "Now.. Go get ready. We're going to have some guests.."
Krull walked into the nearest cottage which happened to be the barracks. Yu had already left with Hatori, so only thee fellow crewmates were present.. Unless Hatori was in a mind for little games.
Krull surveyed the main room where his three mates were. Sitting at the table playing cards were Keiko and Juggernaut. Keiko was the only woman of Krull's gang.She was a tall, menacing woman with long blue hair and very cunning lips. She wore a loose red nylon vest and black pants. She also wore long, black leather boots. Juggernaut on the other hand was a large brute. He was seven feet tall and pure muscle. He had a large, orange mohawk and a dark, dreary face with a marble sized earring through his eyebrow. All he wore was a green skin tight outfit covered with studded straps with large, menacing studs. He too wore long, black boots.
Krull turned a chair around and sat down at the table with them.
"We've got company." He told them with an increasingly large grin. Juggernaut slowly rose to feet and exhaled deeply. "How many?" He asked in his deep, strong voice. "I wouldn't mind taking them all on!"
Krull chuckled and shook his head. "Heh heh.. No need for that, Yu and Hatori are going to meet them on the shore. If they turn out to be trouble, then we're all going to have a little fun!"
Keiko leaned back and put her long legs up onto the table. "Why did you send Yu and Hatori for such a simple task?" She asked coldly without even looking at Krull.
"Because we don't how anything about them yet." He replied as his eyes shifted towards Juggernaut. "I'm certain that you wouldn't have wanted to go down to the shore, especially if there was no fire to accompany the smoke.."
Juggernaut grimaced.
"I would have went." Came a voice from under the table. It was undoubtedly Reza. Reza was a simple, grey wolf who accidently ate the Human Fruit.
Krull sighed deeply and shook his head. "If they mean business, you'll all get your chance."
As the Going Merry drew closer to the island, Luffy spotted a figure on the beach.
"Hey, theres someone waiting to welcome us!" He cheered.
Zoro stepped in front of Luffy and squinted. They were still a couple hundred feet away, but Zoro was able to get a decent view of the stranger on the shore.
"He's.. A strange looking one.." Zoro mumbled as he turned and headed to the anchor, getting ready to toss it into the water while Nami was getting the flag down.
Sanji removed his cigarette, gave it a flick, and then put it back into his mouth. "He's wearing a hakama.."
"Cool!" Luffy exclaimed. "I want to meet him!"
"Luffy, no!" Usopp shouted as he jumped towards Luffy, but it was too late.
"Gomu gomu no rocket!"
And Luffy was away.
Yu watched as something came flying towards him at tremendous speed. It flew past his head, barely even missing him. In fact, it ruffled his hair. There was a loud crash and he knew that whatever it was had just hit a palm tree. He turned around and raised an eyebrow. Struggling to stand up was a kid with a straw hat, red vest, and blue shorts.
"And.. Who are you?" He asked.
"Monkey D. Luffy! I'm going to be the Pirate King." The stranger announced proudly.
Yu felt his mouth drop as a wave of disbelief swept through him.
"P-Pirate King!? Do you know how impossible that is?!" He asked.
Luffy burst out laughing. "Ha ha ha.. Well, no matter what happens I will become the Pirate King, even if I die in the process!"
Yu stood staring at this strange kid... What he had just said was down right insane, but he certainly wasn't joking..
"Hey, do you have anything to eat? I'm starved!!" Luffy asked.
Yu turned to see the kid's ship approaching. It was small and odd looking, but on it were some pretty interesting characters. "What the hell is this!?" He asked himself.
After a moment of inspecting the approaching ship and it's crew, he spotted someone onboard. Princess Vivi Nefertari of Alabasta.. He turned towards Hatori who he assumed had been standing beside him the entire time. "Get Vivi off that ship immediately.. Krull-sama would be very pleased with us!" He whispered.
"Will do." Came a whisper from beside him.
Yu smiled as he turned back to Luffy. "I'll give you something to munch on!" He hollered as he delivered a swift kick to Luffy's jaw.
"Luffy!!" Nami screamed from the ship. Zoro clenched his fists and reached for a sword when all of a sudden Vivi screamed. Everyone turned to see her "flying" through the air towards the shore. Yu saw this and delivered a few more blows to Luffy's head before running into the woods. Vivi floated after him.
Zoro and Sanji jumped overboard into the shallow water and swam onto the beach where they hurried to Luffy who was unconscious.
"That bastard sure can kick." Zoro growled.
Sanji stood up and discarded his cigarette. "He's mine." He said as he reached for a new one.
Laying on the cliff a couple hundred feet above the beach was Keiko. In her hand she held a small blowgun. Slowly, she slid a poisonous dart into it.
As she got ready to blow, she felt the blow gun slowly pull itself out of her mouth. She looked up to see Krull hovering over her. "Wouldn't you rather confront them and show them what your really made of?" He asked. Keiko, who had eaten the Bullet Fruit, smiled. "They won't know what hit them!" She giggled.
Krull looked back towards the cottages where Juggernaut was practicing some techniques with his axes. "Juggernaut.. Keep it up and there won't be any damn trees left on this island.." He groaned to himself.
Hatori stepped into the Meeting Room and threw Vivi onto the table. Hatori had consumed the Invisibility Fruit and used it whenever he could. Now, here he stood without his invisibility powers concealing him. Hatori resembled a rat. He had a sneaky, sly face and a small body. He had short brown hair and wore old, raggy clothes. Krull walked up to Vivi and touched her face. "Don't worry my dear, I'm not going to hurt you yet.. But you are already as good as dead." Vivi, who was now tied up and gagged, tried to get away from Krull's touch.. But it was not good. Slowly, the hand that Krull had laid on Vivi started to change.. It was getting smaller and the complexion was changing.
Hatori snickered. "Krull-sama.. We have counted six of them.. And I they all seem to be fairly similar to us.."
Krull, who was now almost unrecognizable, nodded. "Good.. Juggernaut is getting restless.. Who would you recommend he kill?"
Hatori paused, scratched his head, and then his eyes lit up. "The swordsman."
Krull brushed back his blue hair and snorted. "Then have him killed."
Luffy walked out onto the deck of the Going Merry and raised his hand to his forehead to enable him to get a better look without the sun in his eyes. The ocean was calm and the sky was clear. It was still morning, but the sun already had some spite to it.
Luffy raised his head to the Crow's Nest and spotted Usopp who was already on watch.
"Oi! Usopp!" Luffy shouted as he waved his arms trying toget his attention.
Usopp turned and looked down at Luffy who looked as cheerful as ever.
"Ah, Luffy... What is it?" Usopp replied.
"Any sign of land? I'm hungry!" Luffy shouted up to him.
Usopp signed and looked around again. "No, I've been keeping watch for a few hours now but I ha...." Usopp's voice trailed off as he squinted at the horizon.
Luffy blinked a few times before looking in the direction Usopp was.
"Laaaaand!" Luffy shouted. Not long after, Nami walked out along with Sanji, Vivi and Chopper to get a look. Sure enough, there was an island in the distance.
Luffy cheered for another moment before rushing over to Zoro who was busy sleeping in a hammock he had tied outside the previous day.
"Hey! Zoro! We found land!" He shouted directly into Zoro's ear.
Zoro's eyes snapped open and he glared at Luffy. "Couldn't you let me sleep a little longer!?" He growled.
Luffy let a deep laugh. "Ha ha ha! But look! We're almost there!" He grabbed Zoro's head and almost turned it 180 degrees to get a look at the island.
"See?" He asked cheerfully.
Zoro smacked Luffy's hand away. "Idiot! Its at least an hour away!" He shouted.
Luffy burst out laughing as Zoro started tio argue with him. The rest of the crew kept their eyes on the island.
"I wonder whats on it..." Chopper said to himself quietly.
Yu stood on the edge of a large cliff overlooking the island's bay. He was certain that he saw a ship slowly approaching. He sneered and pulled his hands out of his pocket to discard his chewed up toothpick. Upon throwing it away, he retreived a new one from his shirt and inserted it into his mouth. Yu was a lanky looking man with curly black hair. His bangs came down over his dark brown eyes, one of which was shielded by an eye patch. There was nothing wrong with his eye, but Yu felt that the eye patch added character. He turned and started to walk away, his bare feet kick up dust as he went. His hakama blew in the gentle breeze as he approached three cottages. He went into the largest one. This was a single room cottage. The room contained a large table with chairs on each side, making it resemble a briefing room. At the very end of the table there was one large chair which currently had someone sitting in it... An average height man with slicked back, red hair. He had a scar running over his lips and a long diamond earring on his left ear.
He wore a white cloak with a very loose white shirt on underneath. He also wore white pants as well as white shoes. In his hand he held a small coin which he continuously flicked it the air and caught. The side that always landed face up always started on the back of the coin..
"Krull-sama.." Yu began as he bowed his head in respect. "There is a ship approaching the island and the flag appears to be black."
Krull held his coin still as he looked at Yu and smiled. "Ooh, a pirate ship? Interesting... But what would bring them to my island.. ?"
He dropped his coin into his shirt pocket and then stood up, crossing his arms. Yu watched Krull's eyes and predicted that Krull's mind was starting to drift.
"Yu, wouldn't you say that they must be completely mad to pay me a visit?" He asked Yu with a slight hint of excitement in his voice.
Yu lifted his hand to his chin and sighed. "Krull-sama, its not just your powers alone that make us what we are.." He looked at Krull and smiled. "If anything captain.. We coud have gotten rid of you long ago.."
Krull snorted and flicked a few strands of hair back. "Of course you could.. But we're a happy, loyal family.. Aren't we Yu?"
Yu closed his eyes and nodded. "Of course we are.."
After a moment of silence, Krull walked over and put his arm on Yu's shoulder. "I trust that you will meet them at the shore?" He asked.
Yu nodded slowly. "Of course... Shall I bring someone?"
Krull crossed his arms and lowered his hand. "Hmm... Lets not scare them away just yet.. Take Hatori with you, but.. Make sure that he stays hidden unless they pose a threat."
Yu smiled. "Of course.. They'd have trouble proceeding if Hatori uses his power.."
Krull let out a low laugh and then let his hand slip off of Yu's shoulder. "Now.. Go get ready. We're going to have some guests.."
Krull walked into the nearest cottage which happened to be the barracks. Yu had already left with Hatori, so only thee fellow crewmates were present.. Unless Hatori was in a mind for little games.
Krull surveyed the main room where his three mates were. Sitting at the table playing cards were Keiko and Juggernaut. Keiko was the only woman of Krull's gang.She was a tall, menacing woman with long blue hair and very cunning lips. She wore a loose red nylon vest and black pants. She also wore long, black leather boots. Juggernaut on the other hand was a large brute. He was seven feet tall and pure muscle. He had a large, orange mohawk and a dark, dreary face with a marble sized earring through his eyebrow. All he wore was a green skin tight outfit covered with studded straps with large, menacing studs. He too wore long, black boots.
Krull turned a chair around and sat down at the table with them.
"We've got company." He told them with an increasingly large grin. Juggernaut slowly rose to feet and exhaled deeply. "How many?" He asked in his deep, strong voice. "I wouldn't mind taking them all on!"
Krull chuckled and shook his head. "Heh heh.. No need for that, Yu and Hatori are going to meet them on the shore. If they turn out to be trouble, then we're all going to have a little fun!"
Keiko leaned back and put her long legs up onto the table. "Why did you send Yu and Hatori for such a simple task?" She asked coldly without even looking at Krull.
"Because we don't how anything about them yet." He replied as his eyes shifted towards Juggernaut. "I'm certain that you wouldn't have wanted to go down to the shore, especially if there was no fire to accompany the smoke.."
Juggernaut grimaced.
"I would have went." Came a voice from under the table. It was undoubtedly Reza. Reza was a simple, grey wolf who accidently ate the Human Fruit.
Krull sighed deeply and shook his head. "If they mean business, you'll all get your chance."
As the Going Merry drew closer to the island, Luffy spotted a figure on the beach.
"Hey, theres someone waiting to welcome us!" He cheered.
Zoro stepped in front of Luffy and squinted. They were still a couple hundred feet away, but Zoro was able to get a decent view of the stranger on the shore.
"He's.. A strange looking one.." Zoro mumbled as he turned and headed to the anchor, getting ready to toss it into the water while Nami was getting the flag down.
Sanji removed his cigarette, gave it a flick, and then put it back into his mouth. "He's wearing a hakama.."
"Cool!" Luffy exclaimed. "I want to meet him!"
"Luffy, no!" Usopp shouted as he jumped towards Luffy, but it was too late.
"Gomu gomu no rocket!"
And Luffy was away.
Yu watched as something came flying towards him at tremendous speed. It flew past his head, barely even missing him. In fact, it ruffled his hair. There was a loud crash and he knew that whatever it was had just hit a palm tree. He turned around and raised an eyebrow. Struggling to stand up was a kid with a straw hat, red vest, and blue shorts.
"And.. Who are you?" He asked.
"Monkey D. Luffy! I'm going to be the Pirate King." The stranger announced proudly.
Yu felt his mouth drop as a wave of disbelief swept through him.
"P-Pirate King!? Do you know how impossible that is?!" He asked.
Luffy burst out laughing. "Ha ha ha.. Well, no matter what happens I will become the Pirate King, even if I die in the process!"
Yu stood staring at this strange kid... What he had just said was down right insane, but he certainly wasn't joking..
"Hey, do you have anything to eat? I'm starved!!" Luffy asked.
Yu turned to see the kid's ship approaching. It was small and odd looking, but on it were some pretty interesting characters. "What the hell is this!?" He asked himself.
After a moment of inspecting the approaching ship and it's crew, he spotted someone onboard. Princess Vivi Nefertari of Alabasta.. He turned towards Hatori who he assumed had been standing beside him the entire time. "Get Vivi off that ship immediately.. Krull-sama would be very pleased with us!" He whispered.
"Will do." Came a whisper from beside him.
Yu smiled as he turned back to Luffy. "I'll give you something to munch on!" He hollered as he delivered a swift kick to Luffy's jaw.
"Luffy!!" Nami screamed from the ship. Zoro clenched his fists and reached for a sword when all of a sudden Vivi screamed. Everyone turned to see her "flying" through the air towards the shore. Yu saw this and delivered a few more blows to Luffy's head before running into the woods. Vivi floated after him.
Zoro and Sanji jumped overboard into the shallow water and swam onto the beach where they hurried to Luffy who was unconscious.
"That bastard sure can kick." Zoro growled.
Sanji stood up and discarded his cigarette. "He's mine." He said as he reached for a new one.
Laying on the cliff a couple hundred feet above the beach was Keiko. In her hand she held a small blowgun. Slowly, she slid a poisonous dart into it.
As she got ready to blow, she felt the blow gun slowly pull itself out of her mouth. She looked up to see Krull hovering over her. "Wouldn't you rather confront them and show them what your really made of?" He asked. Keiko, who had eaten the Bullet Fruit, smiled. "They won't know what hit them!" She giggled.
Krull looked back towards the cottages where Juggernaut was practicing some techniques with his axes. "Juggernaut.. Keep it up and there won't be any damn trees left on this island.." He groaned to himself.
Hatori stepped into the Meeting Room and threw Vivi onto the table. Hatori had consumed the Invisibility Fruit and used it whenever he could. Now, here he stood without his invisibility powers concealing him. Hatori resembled a rat. He had a sneaky, sly face and a small body. He had short brown hair and wore old, raggy clothes. Krull walked up to Vivi and touched her face. "Don't worry my dear, I'm not going to hurt you yet.. But you are already as good as dead." Vivi, who was now tied up and gagged, tried to get away from Krull's touch.. But it was not good. Slowly, the hand that Krull had laid on Vivi started to change.. It was getting smaller and the complexion was changing.
Hatori snickered. "Krull-sama.. We have counted six of them.. And I they all seem to be fairly similar to us.."
Krull, who was now almost unrecognizable, nodded. "Good.. Juggernaut is getting restless.. Who would you recommend he kill?"
Hatori paused, scratched his head, and then his eyes lit up. "The swordsman."
Krull brushed back his blue hair and snorted. "Then have him killed."
To Be Continued