Chapter 3: This is a public announcement. We Thank You for Not Bringing a Marine into the Island At Any Time. That Is All.
Disclaimer: Wootness! Aren't you proud of me? I actually updated! w Thanks to all my readers. And I also don't own One Piece. Sobbeth. That's too far away a dream…now! In response to all my darling readers:
Kiari the Hell Cat: Congrats! Your Sora is now Sanji's competition for Jasmine! Take a bow and pat yourself on the back, your character doth please me.
ThunderAnn:bows: Thank you much for the praise. It's always welcome. I enjoyed your characters' sarcastic tone. w reminded me of mehself. I shall use your dear Liza. She shall be Jasmine's cousin, and she'll have a crush on Mihawlk, if you're ok with that. But you shall take a bow as well….ok, now I feel guilty for not giving Kiari this long of a response…
AnimeCrazyK-chan: Woot! You're still reading! I have a REGULAR! Nopers, no email. T.T I hope you didn't think I was a cruel person for not answering…(at times I remind myself of the wishy washy Suiichi Shindou from Gravitation, if any of you know whom he is…) And yes, the handy dandy :dingy noise from Blues Clues: CHART is what I prefer to work with. It's like my personal checklist. I just cross things off that I put in with the details. ;; I am so lazy I amaze myself. You are the last heroine, kay? I need VILLIANS now! Mwah ha hahahahahahahahahahaha!(Yessum, this means your Kira is in the fic) Also, I'll take your word and make Kira like Sanji.
Yep, that's bout it. Enjoy the Fullbody chap!
Jasmine woke up that morning with a smile. She could hear Carne, Patty, and her father's snoring. She got up, creeping to his door, and leaned on the frame. All she could bring herself to do was stare at the threesome with a warm smile. Her father was lying on the bed, while Carne was sprawled over his foot and peg leg, half hanging off the bed altogether. And Patty had foregone that stage all together, as his face was plastered to the wood floor, while one of his feet was hanging off the bed at an odd angle while the other was caught up in the blanket that none of them were covered by anymore. They looked so harmless, she just couldn't make herself wake them up.
Then a tempting smell came from downstairs and she heard a small mewing sound. Which was odd, since they didn't own a cat. She walked down the stairs, her light blue silk nightgown floating around her at the slightest movement. Her long blonde hair framed her face and she walked silently, stalking her way to the kitchen door. It was open a crack, and she peered in.
What she saw was Sanji smiling at a little black kitten. It was sitting on the windowsill, and he was frying a little bit of meat for it, while warming up some milk on the stove. Jasmine heard herself sigh happily. It was such a sweet scene, but she wasn't the only one. The little kitten heard her too, and decided out of curiosity that it was going to come to her. she tensed, as she didn't want Sanji to know she was spying on him, or to see her this way, straight out of bed. She tried shooing the kitten away, but it just kept walking to her, its big brown eyes glittering at the prospect of another human feeding him. It pushed open the door crack to reveal her and purred at her feet, rubbing its head on her legs.
She could feel her face soften at the gesture, as it was so cute, but hoped that Sanji wouldn't make a fuss about it. Before she even knew he'd moved, he was standing in front of her with the kitten in his arms. She hadn't even seen him bend down to pick it up.
"Your little friend is saying hello…I just thought I'd give him some breakfast. You want some too? I was just gonna make some eggs until Luffy and the others woke up," he said calmly.
Jasmine had to conceal a blush for some reason. Her heart seemed to beat faster around him. But she ignored the feeling like she had the night before and only nodded. It was then that her brain registered that Sanji only had his jeans on. His blonde hair was tousled and he seemed totally absorbed in petting and tickling the kitten in his arms while feeding the kitten the meat, which the small animal greedily gobbled up in a matter of seconds.
"He…He's not ours. It's a stray, but I guess we can keep him. He seems to like your cooking, so maybe you're not that bad a cook as Carne and Patty boast. But then, they say I'm bad compared to them, and quite frankly, they're wrong…I'd really like to make you breakfast instead Sanji…" Jasmine replied shyly, looking straight into his eyes that were shadowed by his blonde hair while he stared back deeply, much to her surprise. That was out of character for her. she liked cooking for everyone, that was true, but the only people that she ever felt like cooking exclusively for were her friends. There was a rap on the door, and the moment of staring each other down was broken.
"Jasmine? You home? Oh there you are!" a girl with light brown hair in a ponytail, soulful green eyes, and was somewhat tall said with a smile. The smile was somewhat rough, as if she was unused to smiling at many people. Then she noticed the half clothed Sanji, the still in her bedclothes Jasmine, and the cute kitten. Taking in the whole scene, she smiled slyly and poked Jasmine in the side.
"You never said you had a main squeeze! Wow, what a catch. He's hot. Too bad he's not on the market anymore…" she laughed. Sanji noticed she had on a baggy orange shirt and jeans. She looked like the kind of person you could depend on to watch your back in a fight. He also noticed Jasmine blush at her friends' comments.
"N-no! Sanji's not my boyfriend! I mean, I just met him yesterday! Kira, please try to not be so rough and crude! Especially when you're around daddy!" Jasmine pleaded. Kira smiled and shrugged, taking out a piece of a long stick. It looked like it connected to other parts as well, but she just played with that section, having it roll around the outside of her wrists without falling.
"Kay. I'm Kira, nice to meet you! I'm one of Jas's friends! Oh hey! Speaking of your dear old dad. Liz was takin a walk on the cliffs, and she saw a navy ship. Me think's Fullbody isn't takin no for an answer anymore…" Kira said jovially, as if anticipating something with great joy. Sanji nodded and grabbed his shirt and his blazer from a nearby chair since he slept on the couch, and put them on, listening to the conversation.
"OH NO! He's NOT going to take this village! I don't care HOW MANY people he's arrested! He's not claiming the island as a Naval Port! This is a PIRATE haven, not his personal rest stop!" Kit screamed from the bottom of the steps. She had on her usual black and green outfit, but she had a pistol strapped to her belt. She also had a black glass hilted sword in her hand.
"Oh yeah! Come on Kit! Let's take the fight to that pompous Naval Officer!" Kira said with a slightly scary enthusiasm. The girls cheered themselves and ran out the door. Jasmine sighed.
"I need leashes for them, I swear…I'm sorry they were so rude Sanji…" Jasmine apologized. She was presently begging the gods of the sea to have Sanji button his shirt, or she would be tempted to run her hands over his well-toned chest muscles, not to mention his six pack. He seemed not to sense her discomfort, but she saw some of his own on his face. He lit a cigarette, and didn't look at her for a long time, finding things in the room more interesting.
"Um…you should get dressed and wake the others…I'll clean up down here…" he said awkwardly. She blushed outwardly and nodded, running up the stairs. She had never been so flustered in her life and was unused to the sensation. She grabbed some jeans and a short-sleeved shirt that was light blue with a homemade pirate symbol. She woke everyone hurriedly, by mostly whipping the covers off of them, but with Luffy, she had to put a feather under his nose to make him sneeze awake.
When she returned downstairs, Sanji was trying to get the kitten to release its perch on his shoulder, but he laughed once he saw her shirt. She crossed her arms with a stern glare, and he went into shivering fits again. She always seemed to do that to him. And he didn't like that he was so easily swayed by a woman. But the way she'd looked only a few moments before…she'd seemed so innocent and kind when they'd been talking about the present nuisance on his shoulder.
"Why do you have a duck with a patch eye, two knives, and a CHEF'S HAT on its head on your shirt?" he laughed, soon to be joined by Ussop, who was struck on the back of the head and sent whimpering to the breakfast table, which Luffy was already digging into Sanji and Jasmine's eggs. Ussop in turn shoveled down the plate meant for Jasmine.
"HEY! It's Daddy's old pirate symbol! Show some respect…Fru Fru. I wouldn't be laughing if I were you Ussop…it makes you dribble your food and makes you look like you have a mental problem where you can't eat right," Jasmine snapped, storming out the door to the wharf. Sanji just blinked in confusion as Zoro, Zeff, and Nami came down, followed by Carne and Patty.
"Tut Tut Sanji…you're loosing your touch. You should know that a girl's feelings are fragile, and you just hurt Jasmine's. her whole world revolves around Zeff, this village, and cooking. Of COURSE she's gonna have her dad's symbol on her things. It's like her way of showing how proud she is of him," Nami explained, grabbing her Bo and walking out the door, followed by the others, Ussop complaining, and Luffy trying to nod and chew and walk at the same time.
Zoro walked out calmly as Carne and Patty followed him. Zeff stayed behind and put a reassuring hand on Sanji's stunned shoulder.
"Don't take it personally Sanji, Flower has always been proud of this old fool and this village. She takes offense easily, but don't let that stop you from making friends with her!" Zeff said with a gruff smile and nod. Sanji nodded with a weak smile. He felt like Zeff was watching his every move lately. But that may have been simply because he was beginning to make friends with Zeff's precious daughter. He shrugged and they walked out, cat and all, to meet the others at the docks. What they saw was a simple case of the Navy abusing their power, and also of Kira and Kit actually fighting as the villagers rallying to cheer them on as they took out a few soldiers.
Kira was swinging her Bo around like a skilled assassin, which many people suspected she'd been trained to be at one time, and Kit was both hacking and firing off shots at people. Their technique was obviously, hit first, and ask questions later. Jasmine was just standing there watching with the others.
"Hey Kit? Kira? Ya done beating up people for fun? They're just the small fry. They don't even have weapons. It's a waste of our time and energy…" Jasmine scolded. They smiled sheepishly and backed off, returning to their post at her side. A blonde commander with an iron fist looked over the edge, and Sanji immediately recognized him, and so did the commander.
"You're that Fullbuddy dude right? I thought I'd killed you I beat you up so bad at Baratie, you're still kicking huh?" Sanji said casually. The man wasn't amused, but Kit, Kira, Zoro, and Jasmine were. They were laughing at how Sanji got the man's name wrong.
"FULLBODY! NOT FULL "BUDDY"! YOU INSOLENT SPECK! THIS TIME I'VE GOT MY SHIP AND MY MEN! I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU AND THIS VILLAGE AT ONCE!" he screamed, sending down some men with bayonets. Jasmine sighed, and Nami, Zoro, and Luffy tensed for the upcoming fight. Kira whipped out her Bo and held it in front of them, looking icily to the Naval Ship.
"This is OUR fight. You stay put…" she said casually, as if it wasn't even a request that she was tossing around. Zoro shrugged and sat down cross-legged and decided to leisurely watch, along with Luffy. Ussop by that time, was hiding in the midst of the villagers to watch from a safe distance. Nami stood, but said and did nothing more to show she was fighting. An arrow suddenly hit the railing that was next to Fullbody's hand and the tip sank deep into the wood. They looked behind to find a boy about 18 and a girl about 17 watching from a rooftop.
"Aw, you weren't gonna start the party without us, were you Fullbody honey?" the girl smiled, her mocking tone only furthering the navy's anger. The boy laughed and jumped down after sliding down a ways, landing gracefully with his bow. He strolled over to Jasmine and kissed her cheek, much to Sanji's annoyance.
He had black hair tied in a long ponytail, and deep blue eyes you could lose yourself in. He wore tan baggy pants with way too many pockets for Sanji's taste and a tight, form fitting black muscle shirt. The boy looked distastefully at Kira.
"Kira? Why are you wearing that hideous orange shirt? I hate orange and yellow, you know that," he said, while kissing Jasmine's hand at the same time. Sanji was about to hit him, but Jasmine just took her hand away calmly as if this was natural to them.
"Yeah, that's why I wore it Sora, it was just for you. Aren't I a considerate friend?" Kira smiled venomously. He snorted.
"Sora? What are you and Elizabeth doing here?" Jasmine asked curiously. He shrugged and smiled.
"Couldn't let a pretty little thing like you get hurt by facing such a simpleton as Fullbody. Besides, I need some target practice. I've been getting better at moving targets," Sora smiled, kissing her cheek again. She just brushed him off. It was apparent of two things at this moment to the crew of the Merry Go. One, Sora seemed to have a 'thing' for Jasmine. Two, this was surprisingly cheesing Sanji off.
Sanji was fuming and he made this apparent by putting a protective arm around Jasmine's shoulder and staring daggers at Sora. Sora returned the gaze just as brazenly, since he wasn't happy that Sanji was touching the girl that he was under the impression was going to marry him someday.
"Hello? Navy here? Stop having a lover's quarrel. Sora, meet Sanji. Sanji, meet Sora. Sora's been in love with Jasmine for a loooooooong time now. And Sora, Sanji's already gotten farther in a relationship than you've gotten to Jasmine. I saw him with her with his shirt off, sleeping on her couch, and talking over breakfast while she was wearing a nightgown. So yeah, dream on. Sanji's got you served," Kira laughed. Kit gasped, and the other girl just looked on in silent surprise. Jasmine and Sanji were blushing as Zeff looked threateningly to them both.
Zoro noticed that girl right away. She wore a spaghetti strap green shirt, with a jean jacket tied around her waist, with rolled up jeans. She wasn't very tall, but Zoro didn't notice too much as he was too busy trying to take in her light brown hair and her dark brown eyes that seemed to be searching everything.
"I'm sorry, but we DO have to run them out of town…again." The girl said. The others nodded. Kira and Kit went in and swung at the endless amount of soldiers, as the mystery girl who was as of yet to be named just seemed to use martial arts and other various hand to hand techniques. Jasmine on the other hand, ran straight through the sea of people and into the ship, straight to Fullbody. Sora accompanied her and then they were out of sight of the others.
While they were fighting, both the Baratie crew, and the Merry Go crew were observing. Then Zoro got bored, and decided to clear the men quickly. He got up, yawned, and then tied his black bandanna around his head, shadowing his eyes. Clenching a sword in his mouth, and two in his hands, he began to charge. Just before hitting a group of men, his blades swung in a distinct pattern.
"TIGER-----" he began, then closed his swords and annihilated the soldiers, "TRAP!"
"Whoa…" Kit muttered. She'd known Zoro was a skilled swordsman, but this was borderline ridiculous. A noise came from above on the deck and Fullbody came flying over the side, two arrows in his side and quite a few shoe sized bruises on his body, and crashed into the stone pavement. Jasmine peeked over the side and smiled with a wave.
"Sanji! Catch me, okay?" she called, he nodded and ran to catch her as she jumped into his arms with a 'plop'. Their faces were content, as if nothing had even happened and they DIDN'T have Navy bodies surrounding them. Sora jumped down and landed on his feet with a smile.
"Now, all of you still alive…don't ever come back. We won't be so gracious next time. And you'll lose more than a few men and a Lutinent, got it?" he snapped at the Naval officers still alive. They nodded and boarded their ship hastily. As all this went on, Jasmine was chatting with Sanji and they were talking about cooking breakfast together. Luffy, jumping up in rapture at the thought of food, followed. Zoro, Sora, Nami and Ussop just stared in wonder as Zeff and the others followed quietly.
"How can they act like we didn't just plow through tons of people?" Sora said shakily. He was half angry, half amazed they were so casual after that.
"Who knows…" Nami answered.
"Hey, who are you by the way?" Zoro asked the mystery girl, who'd been silent and nodding in agreement.
"Elizabeth. I'm one of Jasmine's close friend's…let's go. Breakfast'll be ready soon with two people cooking…" Elizabeth said softly and walked behind everyone. The remaining crew of the Merry Go and Sora nodded and ran to catch up. It looked as if things were going to be fairly normal now. Zoro hoped so, they needed a mini vacation.
An: Yo! Yeah, I suck at fight scenes, so yeah…this was more about all your friend characters than anything. Can anyone guess who Zoro's ending up with? No? oh well. But I'm guessing you can, you're just being modest. Anyways, if anyone would like to request an idea, like a senario they'd like in here in Tasuki Village, be my guest to review it in. I'd probally write it. Anyways, later days! Keep reading for me!