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Ch10
Rouge Town
They said goodbye to the people of Coco village. Taking a pantry full of food with them. Morgan was often found near the front of the ship her eyes staring out at the sea. Sometimes she would shoot off her nails into a nearby rock.
"Captain?"
Death placed a hand on Morgan's shoulder. "Are you
alright?"
"Yes I'm fine. Why?" Morgan looked over her
shoulder at Death.
"Well you we're pretty crushed after Ablong and Sean died," Death looked directly into Morgan's eyes.
"Who?" Morgan looked confused for a moment. "Oh! Yeah! The Fish-man… and oh…Sean…." Morgan smiled apologetically. "I forgot about them for awhile there…" Morgan laughed awkwardly.
"You forgot…" Death looked worried. "How could you forget?"
"HaHa I'm not sure," Morgan shrugged then walked away to go and help Sarah and Meih-Ling in the kitchen.
Death was worried about her captain. She found Bry and Katie.
"Guys, have you talked to Morgan about Ablong and Sean yet?" Death sat down on one of the bunk beds in the cabin, where Katie had set up all the medical supplies that she had.
"Yeah, we have… She didn't seem to remember them at all…" Bry set a bottle of medicine down on the counter.
"It was kinda creepy how she couldn't remember anything about them," Katie sighed and sat on the bunk across from Death. "We told her about the battle, she remembered that vividly but she doesn't remember ever becoming friends with Ablong. She barely even remembers what this is for." Katie gestured at the black candle, on one of the nightstands, that was burning in memory of Sean.
They sailed for along time. Encountering small pirate ships here and there. They plundered never killing anyone but always taking their treasure. Soon they had acquired a hefty amount of treasure. They had celebrated, parading around with golden crowns atop their heads, and jewels adorning their clothes. They laughed a lot. Many times Bry reminded Morgan about Ablong and Sean, so she wouldn't forget.
Soon they sailed into a port. They all knew that it was Rouge Town. Morgan let the gang plank down and they walked down onto the Rouge Town Port. Yet again they split up.
Death walked along dark allies. Ahead she saw a sign emblazoned with a moon and the words "Mysterious Nights, Delightful Frights." In the front window incense burners shaped like dragon heads, black candles, sliver jewelry shaped like spider webs, were on display.
A ring caught her eye interest. It was like a claw. Covering her entire finger, for she had entered the shop and had asked to try the ring on. She purchased it immediately. She walked out of the shop admiring her new ring.
Justin and Jossy found a sword shop and they stood ogling the swords. Almost drooling over themselves.
"Look at that one!" Justin pointed at a fine sword with a green hilt and a green sheath.
They asked to see it. And Jossy ended up spending her part of the treasure on it. Justin bought a sword himself. It was black, completely including the blade. It also coast him his entire portion of the treasure.
Katie walked down the streets buying small trinkets meaning to find a new outfit for her nurse job. Something more cute. Instead she passed by a small stall with a large amount of noise coming from it. She paused and looked into the pen inside the stall. She saw a rabbit like thing. It had giant ears as big as her arm. With silver eyes. Tiny white paws. It walked like a cat. The stall owner told her it was a Cabbit. A mix between a Rabbit and a Cat. Its name was Riiko. Katie and Riiko stared at one another.
"I'll take her!" Katie smiled and purchased the small animal. Who climbed up onto her shoulder.
"Nyah! Kooh!" Riiko rubbed against Katie's cheek.
Bry had volunteered to watch the ship. Luckily for her there were many little shops near the ship, in which she purchased trinkets and lots of fun things. Stopping in at a café for lunch.
Morgan and Amanda stood looking down the street.
"So do you remember what way it is to the gallows?" Morgan looked at Amanda.
"Nope, do you?" Amanda looked around.
"Not a clue… well lets at least find that bar that Gold Roger sat in!" Morgan and Amanda ran down the streets asking people if they knew the way to the bar that Gold Roger sat in, but instead of helpful answers they only gave them strange looks.
"Look!" Amanda grabbed Morgan's arm just before Morgan attacked a certain man that had laughed at them. "There it is!"
They both gaped at the bar sign. Then with trembling hands they reached for the handle and stepped inside the bar. Both of them breathed the musty, smoky, yet oddly lonely sent of the bar.
"Yar! What are you doing in here? Git!" A old man came out of the back holding a dusty glass of grog.
"Sir! Is this the place where Gold Roger sat?" Morgan pointed to a stool on the end of the bar.
"…..Er…Yes…It is…How would you know the exact stool where he sat?" the Old Man, hence forth known as Oman, went behind the bar and pulled out two new glasses.
"We really loved Gold Roger…" Amanda sat on the stool next to the place where Gold Roger sat, and Morgan stood next to it.
"I can tell," Oman set the glasses in front of them and poured grog into them.
"Captain sit down!" Amanda looked at Morgan and then looked at the stool.
"Alright," Morgan sat gingerly on the stool. A shiver went up her spine and she smiled her bandana falling slightly over her eyes. "I can still feel him here…" she grabbed the glass of grog, and drank deeply.
They sat there for a long time listening to the crowds outside, then listening to the stories of Oman.
Meih-Ling and Sarah left going off to find food. But as they passed a table Sarah paused and looked at the papers on the table.
"Meih-Ling look!" Sarah stopped Meih-ling and pointed at a paper.
Cooking Competition!
All welcome to enter!
Winner gets a enough food to
Last for two months!
"You should enter!" Sarah smiled at Meih-Ling. "After all the recipes you got from the fighting cooks! You could win!"
"If your sure!" Meih-Ling blushed and entered the competition.
An hour later Meih-Ling stood at her place in the competition grounds. The competition started. She didn't have any fancy ways to cook her food. She simply stood calmly in her spot and chopped, stirred, tasted, poured, and rolled. Soon she had a presentation of salad, curry, a fish dish, soup, and simple yet tasty desert. She waited patently for her results not expecting to win.
As the judges sampled her dishes. They recorded their scores on a clipboard. A little while later she was standing with Sarah and waiting for the results.
"We have come to a decision!" the head judge said. "After sampling all the food, we had decided that the chief Meih-Ling has won the competition! Her dishes were simple and yet very tasty! Congratulations!"
Beaming and surprised Meih-Ling went to the front of the crowd accepted her prize. A trophy and the food.
Later that night everyone met at the ship they told the others about their adventures. Riiko was accepted into the crew with cheers. Then Morgan told them all to follow her. They walked down the streets until they came back to the bar where she and Amanda had sat earlier.
"I want a picture of this place and us…" Morgan looked around at them. "Its come to my attention that I seem to forget people that I don't see everyday. The only reason I could remember you guys while I was at Arlong park was because I drew you out on the ground. It hurt to try and remember all of you… so I'd like a picture…"
They all smiled. Oman stood with the snail camera. They all crowded around Gold Roger's stool. They told Morgan to sit on the stool. She did so and posed like her idol. The King of the Pirates. Oman paused to look at them. 'These pups might just make it to One Piece. That is if Luffy doesn't get there first.' He took the picture.
Ch 11
The Gallows
The next day Amanda and Morgan went looking for the gallows again. They wandered around, Riiko sat on Morgan's shoulder.
"Kooh!" Riiko pointed, with her paw, down another street.
"That way Riiko? Are you sure?" Amanda looked down the deserted street.
"Kooh! Koh! Riiko nodded and hopped off Morgan's shoulder her small golden bell tinkling. She looked back at them then lead them down the street.
"Oh! Look!" Amanda pointed at the tall structure ahead. It was wooden with metal bars holding it up.
"Come on!" Morgan scooped Riiko up and ran towards the gallows.
They stood at the base of the wooden and metal structure. People who passed by stared at them. A navy soldier looked over at them. He did a double take. Looking down at Morgan's hands he saw her steel nails.
"Steel Morgan…" the Navy soldier said then he ran off to the headquarters of the Navy.
"Looky look! This is so cool!" Morgan held her arms up toward the top of the gallows. "Lets go up there!" She grew her nails so fast that they shot clean through the top of the gallows. She took Amanda's hand and shot up Riiko clinging to Amanda's ankle.
"Oh wow!" Amanda climbed to her feet after they reached the top of the gallows. "This is great!"
"Hey look its Katie!" Morgan pointed down at the crowd where the Itai Pirates looked up at them and waved, the entire crew was there.
"Hey!" Amanda called down to them waving.
They saw Katie jump up and down waving.
"Nyah!" Riiko cried piteously, she lay flat against the ground her ears quivering in a frightened way.
"Oh! Riiko! Its ok!" Morgan patted Riiko's head.
"NYAH!" Riiko's eyes glowed for a moment and a swirling portal like thing appeared under her. She disappeared through it then reappeared on Katie's shoulder far below.
"OH! COOL!" Morgan shouted and jumped up and down. "I think Riiko ate the Path-Path fruit!" Morgan laughed "No wonder she knew the way here!"
"She really is a Mutant Cat!" Amanda laughed then she looked down again. "Hey isn't that the navy?"
"Huh?" Morgan looked down as well, "Your right!"
"Steel Morgan!" the lead navy officer called up to her. "You are charged with Piracy! Come peacefully and you might be pardoned!"
"Piracy? Me? Who says?" Morgan laughed and placed her hands on her hips.
"You have fought The Fish-Men of Coco Village, and raided a number of other ships, the bounty on your head is Two million berries."
"WHAT? ONLY TWO MILLION! OH MAN! LUFFY HAS ATLEAST 15 MILLION ON HIS HEAD AND FIRE ACE HAS 45 MILLION! ITS NOT FAIR!" Morgan exclaimed.
"Huh?" the Navy officer looked confused "Steel Morgan come quietly and… AHHHH!" He dived to the side. Morgan had shot off one of her nails at him.
"SHUT UP!" Morgan glared at him, "WHAT PIRATE WITH ANY PRIDE WOULD GO WITH THE NAVY QUIETLY?"
"Then we have no choice!" the Naval man turned to his troops "Ready your weapons men!"
"AYE AYE!" The men aimed their guns at Morgan.
"HA HA!" Morgan stepped off the tall tower. Amanda screamed when she saw her captain plummeting toward the ground.
Morgan shot her nails out and they latched into the roof of a lower building. She landed on the roof then ran along it sliding down the drain pipe she reached the ground.
"Riiko! Get Amanda!" she shouted as she ran past the Itai Pirates.
"Kooh!" Riiko disappeared through a portal and then reappeared with Amanda.
"Lets go!" Morgan shouted as the Navy started to fire their guns.
The crowd around the gallows scattered. Morgan charged the Navy men her nails growing. Death was fighting off the Navy with her umbrella wishing she had brought a gun with her. Just then her new ring glowed and grew heaver. She looked down and stared at it. The ring was shifting into a gun, not just any gun, it was giant! She clutched her arm as the ring started to cover her entire arm. Her arm had become the gun. She stared for a few seconds then turned to continue fighting the Navy.
Riiko and Katie worked well together. Riiko's Path-Path Fruit was only able to transport them about 20 feet at a time. But the two of them made it work. Riiko sat on Katie's head and transported Katie behind her foe then Katie would use her acid paint to attack. Swiping her paint brush across her enemy's skin she was able to burn their skin while painting a picture.
Jossy and Justin wielded their new swords well. Jossy's face was rapt as she swung her sword. It felt like an extension of her arm. The blade whistled through the air. Justin alternated between his wolf form and his sword. His black blade whirled and twirled.
Bry had taken refuge behind a pile of crates. She had her healing drink ready. Meih-Ling and Sarah, defended Bry. They used what ever was at hand.
Morgan and Amanda, the captain and the first mate, were in the middle of a crowd of Navy men.
"If this doesn't make our bounty go up I don't know what will…." Morgan said.
"By the end of this we'll be worth at least 10 million!" Amanda clutched one of the handles on the her weapon, the wheel of the WarHammer, she had taken to carrying it around where ever she went.
"Lets make it 11 million!" Morgan shot off her nails at the crowd around them.
The Itai Pirates were fighting madly. Soon it looked like the Navy was loosing. Morgan laughed and high-fived Amanda. All around them lay slain Navy Men.
"We did it!" Justin shouted.
"Think twice before you say that…" a voice growled.
