Chapter 10 : Grand Line Super Star

"Hahaha!" Kc laughed as she ran through the halls.

Kid was throwing multiple knives and sharp objects at her while he tried to yell at her as well, but only if a harmonica wasn't glued onto his mouth he wouldn't have a problem with that.

The only sounds that came from Kid's mouth was only the music from the harmonica, which made pretty much everyone in the crew try to hold back their laughter at just how funny the prank was.

"I am fucking going to kill you!" Kid said after he ripped off the harmonica from his now red lips and not because of his lipstick.

"Ptttttt,hahaha! Oh my god you should have seen the look on your face, It was priceless." Kc laughed out loud with tears coming from her eyes

"Time for your punishment." Kid scoffed after he got a hold of Kc's long black hair.

"Oh no, you got me again." Kc responded while still laughing, not caring in the slightest about how pissed off Kid was.

"Go to Hell!" Kid screamed before he threw Kc across the sea while activating his devil fruit powers as well.

Creating a small patch of ice when she landed onto the ocean so she wouldn't drown. Kc pressed her hands together and created a big bundle of snow and then pulled onto it like if she was holding a bow, when she let go. The bundle of snow then shot out multiple arrows made out of solid ice to where all of the flying pieces of metal were aimed toward her. *Ice arrows.*

Anywhere that her arrows landed or hit , then that certain area or person immediately turned into ice or got frostbite.

"Thanks Kid, I've been wanting to try out that new attack lately." Kc said with a smirk.

"Fuck you! You good for nothing piece of shit. Why couldn't you have been a sexy chick who does whatever I say, instead of a ugly bitch who doesn't even have any nice curves? I mean you still look like a fucking preteen. Don't forget I killed more men than I can count! " Kid shouted.

"That's because you can't count high." Kc retorted while her and Kenzo stuck out their tongues together at him. Then Kid heard muffle out laughter from the person standing next to him.

"Killer?!" Kid called out his first mate's name when Killer tried to cover up his muffles.

"I'm s-sorry C-captain, but she got you there." Killer said while still trying to hold back his small chuckles.

Smirking at Kid when she flies back onto the ship's deck, Kc then starts heading back to her bed room while giving Kid the finger.

-x-

"Wow, this island is so huge and flashy." Kc commented as she and the rest of the crew walked around in the large city they were currently docked on.

"Bye Kid, I'm going to perform on the streets." Kc waved Kid bye while holding the guitar in her other hand.

2 hours later, while Kc was playing her guitar and singing, a strange blue piece of paper fell into her guitar case.

"Hi, young Miss. I work at one of the biggest singing contests in the entire world, called Grand Line SuperStar. And after hearing you play for about 10 minutes, I think you will do wonderful if you enter the competition and who knows maybe you will become the next Grand Line SuperStar and win 500,000,000 beri in the process. Here are the registration forms if you're interested." The man then gave her another piece of paper.

"Oh wow, that sounds amazing. Thanks a lot." Kc said after grabbing the paper out of his hands.

"I've been looking all over for you, Hail Queen!" A female voice shouted from behind where Kc was standing.

"Hm?!" Kc mutters then turns around from where the voice is coming from.

"Her name is Jessie." One man said behind the tall blond woman.

"She has the most beautiful singing voice across all of the 4 blues." Another one of her friends stated.

"I'm a woman of passion! People called me a true firework." Jessie announced proudly.

Everyone was silent as they stared at the 2 musicians.

"Am I supposed to know you?" Kc asked with a bored expression on her face.

Jessie and all of her friends dramatically gasped from how Kc asked that question so casually.

Recovering from her shock, Jessie walked over to Kc and tried to pull off her ice mask.

"What the hell are you doing?" Kc demanded.

"Trying to get a good look at the face of the person who had stolen my once wonderful glory." Jessie responded.

"Sorry sister but the mask stays, and who the hell are you really?" Kc asked, now becoming irritated.

Snapping her fingers, one of Jessie's friends then holds up a large colorful flyer.

"As you can see, I am also a singer not only that but one of the most popular models and actresses as well. But then all of my glory was taken away once after you came along and your stupid devil fruit. " Jessie scoffs with pure jealousy in her tone.

When Jessie spread out her arms, then pink feathers started growing from her arms and her legs had also turned into little thin twigs as well.

"As you can see, I ate the Bird-Bird fruit model: Flamingo, and I used to be a big deal around here. Because who wouldn't want to see a person who can also turned into a flamingo-"

"Hey, are you even listening to me?" Jessie's patient snapped when she noticed Kc wasn't paying attention to her demonstration of her devil fruit.

"One second…...And here you go." Kc said while holding a mini ice sculpture of a flamingo.

"Aww, how cute," Jessie said sweetly before talking in a serious tone again.

"As I was saying, Hail Queen. I challenge you for who can come on top of Grand Line SuperStar! I'll defeat you for sure, so you better be there, until then we shall meet again." With that last comment Jessie swooped her bright pink feathers and vanished into nothing but thin air.

"So Miss, are you going to participate in the competition? One man who saw the whole scene asked.

Kc only nodded her head. "Yeah, it sounds like a lot of fun, plus I even got a quite interesting new rival. "

-x-

"Hey shit head I'm entering a singing competition so I need the day off tomorrow." Kc said to Kid after she handed him the blue flyer.

"Hell no, we need to go to Sabaody Archipelago as soon as the log pose is set. And besides it's not like your going to win that stupid contest anyway, it's for people who can actually sing and you suck." Kid scoffs.

"If you let me do it, I'll stop pranking you for a whole entire week." Kc offer.

Kid only crossed his arms. "You have to do a whole lot better than that, bitch."
"Fine I'll make whatever you want for dinner and stop pranking you for a whole month and If I do win I will even split the prize money with you." Kc offered while holding out her hand.

"Deal!" He responded.

-x-

"Damn, it's totally packed." Kc commented as she looked at all of the people who came to audition.

"Yeah, you can say that again." Spike responded.

"Oh yeah, thanks for coming with me for my big audition. I would have taken Killer but I'm afraid since he is such a well known pirate then people would figure out I am actually from the Kid Pirates." Kc explained which made Spike nod his head in agreement.

"Man, there has to be at least 100,000 people here." Spike commented as he glanced at the long long and wide lines of people."

3 hours later of waiting in the long line, they finally made it inside the building where they were holding the auditions.

The 2 pirates took a seat where a video transponder snail was broadcasting the people who were now auditioning and most of them sounded really good which made Kc a little nervous.

But some of them really suck at singing, to the point both Spike and Kc started giggling on just how bad they were.

"Contestant number 005564, your up." A woman called out Kc's number.

"I guess it's my turn. Can you watch Kenzo for me." Kc asked after she handed Spike the tiny ferret that was resting in her pocket .

"Remeber if you win, then 5% of that prize money is mine." Spike said while giving her a lazy thumbs up.

"Yeah right, I highly doubt I will even make it through the next round." Kc stated with a small grin before entering a room with a large stage that was almost the same size as the ship's deck.

"Hi, what is your name and where are you from." One of the judges asked tirely.

"I'm Hail Queen." Kc introduced herself.

"Can you play your song for us now?" The female judge asked softly.

Kc nodded. "I'm playing: Back in Black from AC DC."

After she was done with her song, the judges all had a happy expression on all of their faces.

"At first I thought you were nothing more than a kid who only has an adorable face and nothing else, but when you opened up your mouth I was just stung. You were unbelievable." One judge said.

Then Kc turns her attention to the next judge who was also the only woman in the group as well.

"Hail Queen, you have an amazing voice and your guitar skills are wonderful."

Then Kc turns her attention to the final judge who also looks like the meanest judge out of the 3 of them. "Hail queen, do you know many people come here wasting our time with their no talent singing voice. And only 8 out of 200,000 people get to move on. " He stated coldly which made Kc bite her lower lip.

"But I'm happy to say that you didn't waste our time, we will post the results in 5 days and I really want you to come back. Just in case a little rock star will see her name on that certain list…" The male judge said with a small smirk which made Kc's face brighten up in hope.

5 days later -

As Killer and Kc walked together through the large and extravagant city, they finally reached their designation.

"Well Killer, did I make it or not?" Kc asked while covering her eyes with her hands.

"I'm sorry, but I am now friends with a rockstar. You made it. " Killer said while pointing at where Kc's stage name was on the list of candidates in bold black writing.

"Oh my god, I did it! I really did it, I'm going to the next round." Kc said happily then Killer picked her up off her feet and spun her around.

Noticing the other 8 contestants were getting interviewed by reporters, Kc immediately walked away from the blond man.

"Bye Killer, tell the crew I might not be going to see them in a month." Kc said as she waves Killer bye.

Transforming into her stage persona, Aka Hail Queen. Kc created her mask made out of ice, she turned her hair completely white and changed her once dark brown eyes a bright shade of blue, which only took her a few seconds.

"Miss Hail Queen, what are your goals after making it through the first round." One young-looking reporter asked.

"I'm really looking forward to this. I just wish all of the people who had laughed at me because they thought my dreams were stupid could watch me perform. Oh wait they can't, I beat up most of them who had doubted me in the past and that includes my dad as well. When I first told my dad I wanted to be a rockstar, he left me to defend for myself in the woods for a whole entire week. " Kc said with a small smirk.

"Hey Hail Queen, is it true you have devil fruit powers." Another reporter asked while getting closer to her face.

Kc nodded. "Yeah, here's a little demonstration." She shot out 2 mini ice beams from her mouth, which formed into ice fireworks that came down like little snow flakes.

Feeling something moving around in her pocket, Kc then revealed her little pet to all of the people who had surrounded her.

"This is Kenzo, my little buddy." Kc said as she held up the little ferret for everyone to see.

"Awww, what a cutie." One reporter said before trying to pet the fur ball, only to almost get burnt by the small creature.

"Oh yeah, I kinda forgot to tell you that he can comburst into flames. Sorry." Kc said while she tried to calm down Kenzo.

"Alright, can all of the 8 people who had made it to the next round come here. It's time to rehearse for the next big show that is also going to be broadcast live across the world. But first I will show you where you guys will be staying for the next month." One of the staff producers said as she held up a clipboard.

"Are you really Hail Queen." A deep voice asked behind where Kc was standing.

"Yeah." Kc responded.

"Oh my god, I'm such a huge fan of yours. When I heard a rumor that you're competing I just had to sign up as well. Hi my name is Jackson." A really handsome man wearing a simple hoodie greeted while shaking both of her hands.

"Nice to meet you 2, I guess." Kc responded with a small grin.

After Kc walked inside the enormous building, a man wearing a stage crew hat led the way for her and the other 8 contestants to where they will be staying for the next month. "Here, this is where you will be staying."The worker said after he handed Kc the key to her bedroom. *Oh my god, this is 1000 times better than my room back on the ship.* Kc thought to herself in pure happiness when she opened the doors to her new fancy hotel room. There was a full king size bed with a plush carpet that surrounded it and a giant window with an amazing view of the whole city.

But the most exciting part about her room was the fancy bathroom that could probably fit 20 people.

-x-

"Welcome contestants , I'm Kai and I will show you guys where you are rehearsing. When I call out your name, come to me so I can give you your list on what songs you should sing. Not only that but your list of your wardrobe as well." Kai then started calling out names of the 8 contestants.

" Clark James, you will be rehearsing at booth number 1."

"Lawsan Tracy, you will be rehearsing at booth number 2."
"Triple Trouble, you guys will be rehearsing at booth number 3."

"The Kitten Sisters, you ladies will be rehearsing at booth number 4."

" Scott Ray and Crist Molly, you 2 will be rehearsing at booth number 5."
" Williams Jackson, you will be rehearsing at booth number 6."

"Brown Jessie , you will be rehearsing at booth number 7."

"And finally Hail Queen, you will be rehearsing at booth number 8."

Kc raised an eyebrow at the list of songs she was given and what type of clothes she will be wearing.

"Hey Kai, you gave me the wrong list. Pop music and dancing isn't really my forte." Kc stated as she held up the list she was given.

"That is why we hired one of the best dance teachers to show you the ropes. I had already picked out this darling little dress for you, it even comes with a little bow." Kai said as he handed her the piece of clothing.

"Pink isn't really my style, do you have anything that is a little more punk rock." Kc responded.

"Oh yeah about that , the judges think it would be better if you start singing like a cute little pop star rather than a delinquent. They believe that your beautiful voice and how you look is more befitting as a sweet little girl. I bet that bad girl vibe you give out is only an act and I bet the worst thing you have ever done before was stealing extra cookies from grandma's cookie jar, am I right? " Kai asked while he bent down to Kc's height.

*If single handedly brutally killing a ship full of marines, not only that but having a bounty of 40,000,000 beri and is also from the most dangerous pirate crew in the Grand Line . Then yeah, I guess it's the same as stealing from grandma's cookie jar.* Kc thought to herself with a small smirk.

After she walked into her rehearsing booth, a man wearing an orange jumpsuit happily greeted her.

"Hi I'm Nick and I am your singing and dance coach. Have you ever had any dancing experience before?" Nick asked.

"I mostly practice martial arts but I do ice skate a lot because of my devil fruit." Kc then turns the wooden dance floor into an ice skating rink.

"Wow, you are so cool. I wish I brought a pair of ice skates with me." Nick said with pure amazement in his voice.

"No need, just give me your shoes." Covering the bottom part of his shoes with ice and molding it into blades, she then gave them back to Nick.

"Okay repeat these dance moves, sway your body then hold out one arm like this," Nick then showed how. " Then turn your head like this."

"After you're done with turning your head, you let out your arms just like if you were flying like a bird. At the part you hold out your arms then the background dancers will carry you down the platform. When the background dancers put you down on the main stage, that's when you start singing. And those are the dance moves on how you're going to start the show.

Now you perform those same dance moves.

After Kc walked out of the studio where she has been practicing for more than 8 hours and finally made it back to her room.

She securely locked her hotel room's door and then went into her bathroom for extra privacy, then got out a transponder snail.

"Hi Killer, can you do me a big favor?" She asked through the transponder snail.

"Yeah, what is it?" Killer responded.

"Well, after practicing the song and what clothes I'm going to wear at my big show. I just need to say a few things, PLEASE DON'T LET KID AND THE CREW COME TO MY PERFORMANCE! THE SONG AND CLOTHES I'M WEARING ARE REALLY STUPID AND EMBARRASSING! "Kc shouted with her head hung low in shame.

"Oh come on, it can't be that bad." Killer said.

"I have to wear a sparkly pink tutu and a bow that is the same size as my head. "

The transponder snail went silent before Kc could hear muffled out snickers.

"Just shut up and do this simple favor for me, not as a crewmate but as a friend. Please!" Kc begged.

"I can't make any promises but I will try my best,"Killer said while still trying to hold back his small snickers.

-x-

"5,4,3,2,1….." The screen read out where the video transponder snail was broadcasting.

The dark room was then brightened up with flashy colorful lights that could maybe blind someone if they are not too careful.

"This is the moment you've been waiting for! Grand Line SuperStar has finally begun. We've discovered countless new stars in the past. Will a new star be born today, too? Be sure to stay tuned to find out the answer. Now then it's time to introduce our 8 contestants!

James !...Tracy! ...Triple Trouble!….The Kitten Sisters!….Ray and Molly!...Jackson!….Jessie! ...and finally Hail Queen!..Serving as our judges for today is, Kylee!...Billy!...and David!" The host announced.

The host then started explaning the rules. "The way it works is our 8 contestants will all compete in a tournament style battle to decide the winner. Let's have a look at the tournament chart of this week's matchups.

Match 1: Triple Trouble versus Ray and Molly.

Match 2: James versus Hail Queen."

"Up first is the boy group Triple Trouble! Please join us on stage."

Then 3 boys wearing white matching jackets walked up on stage and got into their dance poses.

{Fire from BTS}

"What a surprise, I already want an autograph."Billy, one of the judges said with a warm smile.

"Yeah, your singing was in perfect harmony and each one of you guys has a cute smile as well." Kylee, the only female judge said cheerfully.

"In any case, I'm just glad they actually know how to sing by all of the flashy dance moves they did." David, the last judge commented.

"Thank you everyone, we are Triple Trouble" All 3 of them said while exiting the stage.

"Next up, we have a cute couple, give it up for Ray and Molly."

{I Want You Back from Michael Jackson}

"You 2 were made for each other! Both of you guys singing was great." Kylee said while blushing.

"Alright it's time for the results….Are you ready?" The announcer asked the 3 judges.

"Ray and Molly, you guys sing wonderful tonight but you guys aren't really that special.

And Triple Trouble. I admit I had underestimated this group. I had my doubts about whether you guys really wanted to be singers or not. But after hearing you guys sing, I can tell just how serious you guys really are. Not only that but you guys also have the talent for winning over people's hearts. That is why you guys are going to the second round." David said before the boy group's picture was now on every screen in the room that had the word 'Winner' in bold golden letters .

"Triple Trouble are now going to the semi finals!" The host shouted loudly through the microphone.

"Next up is Match 2! James versus Hail Queen! Our first contestant had quite an interesting background. He's an ex-bounty hunter and had once tried to catch the King of the Pirates but sadly failed. "
"Are you ready to sing?" The announcer asked and James nodded.

{Mood from: 24kGoldn}

"How surprising I usually hate most rap songs but that one you just sang wasn't terrible."David said coldly.

"Next up is our last contestant of this week. She may look young but she is actually 18 years old. Not only that but she has an amazing devil fruit power as well, Meet Hail Queen! Let's hear you sing!" The announcer shouted excitedly.

With a fake smile, Kc walked up to the mic and started singing one of the cheesiest songs in the world.

{Firework Song by Katy Perry}

In the last part of the song, she shot out 5 small ice beams from her mouth, which formed into ice fireworks that came down like little snow flakes.

As the crowd was cheering and clapping, Kc then heard a familiar red hair's stupid laugh.

When she turned her head from where all of the laughing was coming from, she saw almost the whole crew, especially Kid, laughing their asses out.

"Oh my god, this is too perfect." Kid said while laughing to the point tears started coming from his eyes.

"Both of our performers were incredible. Sadly, there is only one ticket for the semifinal.

So David, have you decided who is going to the next round?" The announcer asked while tapping his foot.

"James, your rapping isn't bad and you did put on a great show. Hail Queen, you didn't really seem happy with the song you were singing and yet you did quite fine. And your devil fruit powers are interesting and magnificent that is why I think it was nothing more than a cheat trick when you created those fireworks But I don't get why you use little party tricks to win us over while you're already talented enough to move on to the second round." David said before the screen that surrounded the room flashed a picture of Kc and with the word 'WINNER' printed in bold bright golden letters.

"Next time, we'll show the second half of the quarterfinals! What performances do our unique contestants have in store for us? Thank you everyone, see you next week!" The host announced while waving everyone bye.

After she changed back into her normal clothes, Kc then tried her best not to run into her crew.

"Well, well isn't the little pop princess herself. Cause baby, you're a firework!" Kid teases while singing part of the song in a mocking tone.

"Damn it Killer!" Kc shouted with a red hot blushing face.

"Sorry, I really thought reverse psychology would work, but he saw right through it." Killer said with a heavy sigh.

"Whatever, I'm going to have the last laugh when I win and leave this crew." Kc stated proudly which made Kid stop laughing and his smile then turned into a frown.

"What the hell do you mean by that, you're not going anywhere." Kid scoffs.

"If I win, not only I will get the prize money but it is also my ticket to leave the shitty crew as well. Remember our deal when you force me to join your crew. I am free to leave once I get a record deal and I will do whatever it takes to become number 1. Even if I have to dress and sing like a stupid little princess." Kc said with crossed arms.

"Oh please do you really think you can win this whole thing, you just got lucky. You're just going to lose in the next round. And besides I can also reveal your true identity to everyone. " Kid retorted.

"Yeah right, like anyone will ever believe you, a wanted criminal with a large bounty on your head. And who in their right mind will ever believe a girl like me is a part of one of the most bloodthirsty pirate crews in the Grand Line as well. And besides I'm not scared of you, so back off Eustass and let me live my own life." Kc said in a high and mighty tone which did make Kid take a few steps back.