Chapter 13: Sabaody Archipelago
Docking on a deserted island before they reach their main destination, Kc uses her ice abilities by focusing and creating an obstacle course for the crew.
"Ahhh... this is the perfect place to go all out." Kc commented as she looked around the surroundings of the island.
Looking over Killer's blueprints for the obstacle course and not Kid's because his blueprints could possibly kill half the crew, Kc just threw Kid's in the trash.
Taking a large gulp of water, Kc then created large snow mountains, multiple ice tunnels, and tall ice walls while almost making the whole island's ground turned into ice as well.
"Sometimes I keep on forgetting just how amazing her powers are." Wire whispers in Heat's ear which made him nod in agreement.
"I still can't get over the fact she gave up the life of being a rockstar and decided to stay with us. I mean after all of the shit that happened to her, I won't blame her for leaving." Heat responded.
After pulling her hair back into a high ponytail, Kc then took off her clothes so she could show everyone her ninja-like outfit.
"What do you think? I won it at a festival a few months ago. Since this whole training exercise is about speed and agility but most importantly surviving my attacks, I've been wanting to try out some ninja theme attacks lately, because we all know that ninjas are pretty cool." Kc said then everyone nodded their head in agreement.
"Shadow clone jutsu!" She called loudly while doing a hand sign she knew that all ninjas do.
Molding the snow she had created only a few minutes ago, Kc then made 5 exact snow copies of herself which made everyone clap in slight impressment . Smirking evilly, Kc moved her hands in order to control her snow clones and made one of them kick the same person in the balls she needed to get back at for a while.
"Ouch! What the hell was that for!" Gus, the ship's martial artist demanded while holding his sore nuts.
"For peeking on me while I'm taking a shower, you creep." Kc scoffs which made everyone snicker at their injured friend.
"Okay this is how it's going to work, if you can no longer stand up, then drag your body back to the ship. I'm going all out, so you better watch out." Kc stated with an evil look in her eyes before closing her eyes and counting down from 10.
Already hearing someone's footsteps after she ran around for less than a minute, Kc then made a handsign and called out her attack. "Ice style: Ice Dragon!" A large dragon made out of ice was formed and was now charging toward Spike that is why he jumped, did a backflip and landed safely back on the snow.
*Ice prison Jutsu.* Kc only placed 2 fingers on the ground and then multiple ice glaciers started popping up.
*Kunai attack.* After scooping a handful of snow, Kc created a pair of Kunai made out of ice and threw them at her target.
Spike caught one of the kunai with his hands while the other one only slightly scratched his left cheek.
"Ah, using my own weapon against me, I see." Kc commented after Spike threw the kunai knife back at her.
*Snow style: Force of Blizzard.* Kc launches a powerful blast of snow from her palms.
Noticing someone trying to blend in the snow, Kc grins before breaking the ground with her twin tails and could see it was Killer.
"Holy shit, that crater is humongous!" Wire shouted with widened fearful eyes.
"Her tails are that strong!"Spike stated, happy it wasn't him who got caught in that attack.
*Ice shuriken.* Small ninja stars made of ice shaped like deadly snowflakes were then shot at Killer
Killer easily dodges the flying shurikens that were aimed toward him, but when he tries to punch Kc in the gut. He then saw his whole fist pass through her body like it was nothing more than thin air.
When Killer turned his head he saw Kc right behind him while patting Kenzo's head and had a small smirk on her face.
"I change the air density by using my ice breath. The temperature difference between my breath and Kenzo's flames cause a fraction of light. In other words…"
"A mirage." Killer finishes the rest of her statement.
8 hours later the entire crew crashed to the ground, completely out of breath while shivering from the intense training session and running in the snow all day.
"Kc, I think you went a little too far." Spike said between pants while shivering.
"No Kidding, " Blaze said. "I didn't think we'd survive."
"But that mirage technique was pretty interesting, how did you do that? " Kid asked.
"I just read a few books about weather patterns, It's nothing really special. If you really want to know then ask Killer." Kc responded with a small shrug.
"I say we call it a day," Killer suggested. "The sun is going to set soon anyway."
The sun was starting to turn reddish gold as it hovered just above the edges of the water.
"Yeah, I'm hungry. Whose turn is it to cook?"
"Kc's!" The crew shouted, they all then started laughing.
After setting up camp, Kc rolled up her sleeves and started cooking one of her most favorite dishes.
When the water started boiling, Kc put the pasta and stirred it a few times before starting the sauce while cooking the stuff that goes in the sauce.
"Hey everyone, the seafood pasta is ready!" Kc shouted after she fixed the first plate.
Enjoying the delicious taste of the tomatoey sauce and fresh juicy pieces of shrimp, Kc didn't notice when the marking on her forehead started glowing.
"Kc, what the hell is wrong with that symbol on your forehead, it's glowing." Kid stated while walking closer to her.
"Hm...How strange, is this normal?" Kc asked, not really caring and just kept eating her food.
"No, do you feel any different and does this happen often?" Killer asked while expecting her forehead as well.
Then everyone started crowding around Kc, which kinda made her uncomfortable.
"Hey don't touch it!" Kc demanded as she tried to shoo Kid's hand away.
As Kc looks up in the starry night sky, she only focuses on the breathtaking sight of the full moon before the moon is then covered by thick clouds.
When the moon was no longer in her sight, Kc's marking then stopped glowing and returned back into it's normal light blue color.
"I think this thing is only activated when there is a full moon." Kc stated while pointing to her forehead and Killer nodded his head in agreement.
"I think you are right, when you ate those crystals that was exactly when that strange marking showed up on your head. But I just don't know what it's for, does it give you any special powers or does it just glow." Killer muttered, now becoming intrigued.
"Whatever the purpose of this thing is, I hope the marines don't pay too much attention to it because the revolutionaries only told me not to let anyone see this marking. Oh well, I will worry about it later." Kc stated nonchalantly before putting out the fire and slipping into her sleeping bag.
"Night, Shit heads."She mummble to everyone before drifting off into a deep slumber.
-x-
When Kc woke up, she buttoned up a light gray high-collared blouse that exposed most of her midriff, zipped on a pair of black shorts, buckled on her trademark belt that had a large blue ' K' on the silver buckle and finally slipped on her black boots.
After she was done getting ready, Kc walked out of her room and started doing her morning chores.
Kc hummed to herself as she pushed the broom across the floor, the main floor of the ship was quiet at the moment. She gasped when the ship was moving towards several large trees that appeared to be able to touch the main mast. Without thinking, she flew up in the sky to get a better look at the trees. "Wow, so this is the final island before the New World."
As the ship moved closer, revealing the color of the trees being extremely light green with darker green stripes running vertically up the bark and their roots appearing to be jumping out of and threading back through the water. Her eyes became bigger when they were about 30 yards from the island and several bubbles were floating around the trees and buildings.
Noticing everyone was now on the ship's deck, Kc flew down and landed back with everyone else.
"We're finally here!" Spike said. "This is so exciting!"
"Yeah." Killer nodded as the crew started climbing down the ladder. "I wonder how many other pirate crews are here and how many of them are rookie crews like we are."
"Who the fuck cares?" Kid cracked his knuckles. "I'm so ready for some ass kicking. I hope we have some fun while we're here."
As the Kid Pirates got off the ship and started heading to the town, Kc looked closely at their surroundings. More and more people and buildings started to appear around them. She didn't flinch when a man punched another man and lots more jumped into a fight.
"Bye Kid, I'm going on my own adventure." Kc waved Kid bye before separating from the group.
"Remeber, don't go against any World Nobles." Killer shouted to the top of his lungs before she was out of his sight.
*No way, even people from here are a fan of me. Oh well, I guess people don't care that I am a dangerous pirate.* Kc thought to herself when she saw a group of people wearing fake ice masks and white wigs walking by her way, not noticing the real Hail Queen was right next to them.
While sitting on a bench and enjoying a bottle of beer, she felt her eyes getting harder to stay open before she faced planted onto the ground with a loud thud.
"Did she just die?" One bystander questioned.
"Maybe, should we get a doctor?" Another bystander commented as well.
A group of slave trafficers began to smile, happy to find such an easy catch.
"What a pretty young lady, she will catch a high price at the auction house." A man stated while preparing a rope.
Kenzo then jumps off Kc's shoulders and shoots fire toward the slave trafficers, in order to protect his owner. But unluckily for the fire ferret, one slave trafficer had a water bottle with him and poured it all over Kenzo's body.
"Forget the girl, this thing will make us freaking rich!" The leader of the group stated before putting Kenzo in a small cage that he coincidentally had in his jacket.
"Hey, leave that girl alone!" A man wearing a long blue jacket that was showing his large' X' tattoo demanded.
"Shit, it's X Drake." One slave trafficer stated as he and the rest of the group of men started running.
Even if he is a pirate, Drake hates it to see a big group of men ganging up on a single woman.
"Miss, are you alright?" Drake asked while bending down and shaking her awake.
Cracking open her eyes, Kc could see a man that had a scar on his chin that was in the shape of an 'X', wearing a navy blue mask that only covers ⅓ of his face and finally had a white-plumed cock hat with a jolly roger.
"Hi, why am I on the ground, did I fall asleep ?" Kc ask with a loud yawn.
Drake then cocked an eye brown at her strange question. "You were just attacked by slave trafficers and what do you mean you fell asleep?"
"I have narcolepsy." She answered which made Drake oh in realization.
Noticing something was missing, Kc touch her shoulder only to find out that Kenzo wasn't there.
"Hey, have you seen my ferret? He's about 5 inches long and has an orange and black tail."Kc asked calmly to the tall man.
"Yeah, those people right there got him. I can get your pet back for you if you want." Drake offered as he pointed at the men making a mad dash from the scene.
Kc only shook her head before pointing her finger at the slave trafficers and shot 5 ice bullets from it.
*Ice pistol!*
"Did she just shoot out ice from her finger?!" One man from the Drake Pirates said before he gasped loudly after Kc's hair turned completely white.
Reaching in all of the men's jackets, Kc found the small cage that had Kenzo inside of it before she froze and broke the cage in less than a second.
"Oh my god your Hail Queen, can I have your autograph?" A man from the Drake Pirates asks excitedly while holding a pen and a piece of paper.
"I don't see why not, what's your name?" Kc asked after she clicked the pen .
"Denis!"
Then she felt someone touching her shoulder.
"You can give him an autograph later, there is a Celestial Dragon coming our way." Drake said before he started kneeling down.
Kc's eyes narrowed when she saw one of the worst human beings in the world as she started kneeling down as well.
It was a fat disgusting man with black hair and he was riding a man like if the poor slave was a horse and was eating an ice cream cone through his air bubble. The Celestial Dragon also had 2 girls dress in revealing dancer clothes and were chained like if they were dogs.
Kc had to bite down on her lower lip not to shout or say anything that will anger the World Noble, when he then started kicking the worn out slave like if he was nothing more than trash.
"Hey, you! It's all because you walk like a turtle! You also sway too much and make for a horrible ride!" Saint Charlos shouted in a whiny voice until he noticed a woman wearing a white wig and a Hail Queen mask.
"You there, sing if you're really the real Hail Queen!" Saint Charlos. demanded while pointing his golden pistol toward the fan girl.
"Um...okay." The girl said in a weak voice as she tried to hold back her tears.
"Boo, you suck. You're not the real Hail Queen. I was going to enslave her when I finally arrived at Grand Line Super Star but sadly I didn't make it time and she left with her stupid crew. She has to be around here somewhere, all pirates need to come to Sabaody if they want to reach the New World. I want to hear some good music." Saint Charlos scoffs before shooting the poor girl in the leg.
Kc was in pure shock of the information she just learned, if she didn't choose to stay with the Kid Pirates on that same day then she would be a slave by now.
"I'm so fucking screwed!" Kc muttered while shaking.
*Shit, what should I do, the one thing that Killer told me not to do is getting in trouble with a Celestial Dragon. But that girl got shot in the leg because she is a fan of me. What the hell should I do!" Kc thought to herself in anger before hatching up an idea just in case if the World Noble went too far.
As he was laughing at the girl's pain, a group of medical workers ran past him with a bandaged and injured man on a stretcher.
"Hey! Wait, you! And why are you moving?! You're humans!" Saint Charlos said as he stomped closer to them.
"I-I'm sorry! Please overlook this! He's losing blood and needs urgent care! It's a race against time! The Hospital is just ahead!" One of the doctors pleaded.
"Yes, this is very bad, indeed! In that case, you must be swift...and put it out of it's misery!" Saint Charlos stated before kicking over the medical stretcher.
The nurse kept silent when the Celestial Dragon started checking her out before claiming her as his new wife.
"NO! The female nurse screamed. "You murderer how could you?! Someone! Anyone please Help! Help him!" She cried out after watching her fiance get shot.
"Sorry, but I need to borrow this." Kc whispers after taking X Drake's mask, a guitar from someone in the crowd and finally a red beret she randomly found laying on the ground.
"Is she crazy, what if he recognizes her." One man from the Drake Pirates commented, not believing what he was seeing right before his eyes.
In less than a second she had her disguise and instrument ready to face the Celestial Dragon.
"Wait, don't take that boring girl, she is simply not good enough for someone so amazing like yourself. Since you like music so much then please let me sing you a song." Kc said in a pleading tone as she strummed the guitar.
The Noble and everyone else was in shock at what they were seeing, a short, petite woman standing up proud against one of the most powerful human beings in the world. Even the other Supernovas were shocked by this.
"Very well, you may sing for me. Now identify yourself, Mask Singer." Saint Charlos demanded as he tapped his foot.
"Um…. it's." Looking in her surroundings Kc saw a bubble flying by.
"My name is Bubbles. " Kc said before she started playing the guitar and singing.
{I Knew You Were Trouble by: Taylor Swift}
As she kept on singing, Kc smoothly walked over to the young nurse and pushed her aside from the Celestial Dragon's grasp.
Testing her luck, Kc then walked over to the 2 slave girls and glared at their collars, but at the same time facing Saint Charlos and his bodyguards in the face without causing any suspicion.
Slowly and quietly, Kc only uses one of her tails to touch the back of their collars and freeze off both of the locks.
"JUST BE QUIET AND WAIT." Kc sang to the 2 slave girls, like if it was part of the song.
"Wow, well ain't this something." Urouge, one of the Supernovas said with a smile.
"I wonder if she would join my crew." Scratchmen Apoo, another Supernova muttered under his breath.
A group of nicely suited men stayed still at the scene and a man with long wavy blond hair only inspected his cards.
"Chances she will be enslaved, 70%, 20% chance she won't and 10% chance of death." Basil Hawkins read out his cards that showed him about Kc's future .
"She has quite an interesting devil fruit, why does her powers look so familiar." Jewelry Bonney mumbled under her breath.
Blowing cool air in order to create a mirage of herself, Kc sneaks away from the Celestial Dragon and his bodyguards without being detected.
Kc thought she was home free until she didn't notice when a man with light green hair and carrying 3 swords was walking in her way.
For a while everyone continued to look at the mirage, but soon their shock was on someone else. From across the distance there was someone else standing and making their way toward the Noble. The swordsman looked around and was confused by the kneeling citizens around. Taking a sip from the bottle in his hand he continued without questioning.
Kc turned around to focus her attention on the green hair swordsman then at the Celestial Dragon who looked absolutely mortified at the act. "Shit!"
Kc cursed in annoyance after the green haired man accidentally bumped into her mirage which stung everyone, but mostly Saint Charlos when the singing woman had completely disappeared.
"Sorry mis-" Zoro stopped himself after the woman had disappeared into thin air. *Hmmm this is kinda like one of Nami's tricks.* Zoro thought to himself before gunshots were fired.
Then multiple bullets were shot out, one toward Kc and the other one at the swordsman.
For a moment it seemed like time froze, still after the gun was fired. The swordsman, within a blink of an eye dodged the incoming bullets with ease while Kc jumped to dodge the poorly aimed gun shot. Not wanting to deal with a World Noble, Kc transformed into her hybrid form and took off flying from the scene.
Landing and taking cover in a dark alley, Kc let out a sigh of relief when she can no longer see the Celestial Dragon. Then she felt someone lifting her off the ground by a few feet with the collar of her blouse.
"I got you, now give me back my mask." Drake demanded while holding out his hand.
Kc turned her head to face the tall man before bowing down and saying the words 'I'm sorry, but thank you for not ratting me out." as she untied the mask.
"You're a little too polite for a pirate, especially someone from the Kid Pirates. I mean just less than an hour ago I had to stop a fight between Urouge and that blond guy from your crew." Drake stated after he put Kc back down.
"Just because I am a pirate doesn't mean I can't be civilized. It's not my fault that my dumb ass of a captain gives the crew a bad reputation, I still have my honor as a decent human being. " Kc stated before asking. "Wait, how did you know I am a pirate?"
" Your Twin Tails Kc, the rock star and a member of the Kid Pirates with a bounty of 101,000,000 beri which also makes you the newest Supernova, and you have eaten the Mythical Zoan type devil fruit that grants the user to become a real life Silver Fox. Even if you are a Kid Pirate, you're known for being one of the more calmer ones and is also part of the reason why the Kid Pirate had killed less innocent civilians like they used to. But when you're on the battlefield, you turn into a cold blooded beast and not because of your devil fruit, but because you have a murderous intent that can even make a whole army of marines crap their pants. " Drake listed off the stuff he knew about her.
"Yep, but how do you know so much information about me and who are you?" Kc asked as she took a few steps back.
"My name is X Drake, a supernova just like you and I am the captain of the Drake Pirates. And I had my eye on you for a while when your first bounty poster came out. It's not everyday to see someone that has the ability to turn into a mythical creature that had originated in the North Blue. I actually have been looking for you when I first docked onto this island, to see if you were the real deal or not. Because when I was a child, I kinda believe the Silver Fox was real." Drake explained while scratching the back of his neck shyly.
She nodded. "What's your favorite animal?"
"A dinosaur." Drake responded before Kc pressed her hands together and created a mini ice sculpture of a dinosaur. Kc then transforms into her beast-form, and transforms back to normal in only a few minutes later.
"Come join my crew." Both Drake and Apoo said at the exact same time.
"What!" Kc tilted her head.
"Hi my name is Apoo, come be a part of my crew. You will fit right in with your amazing music skills, I even have another woman on board so you won't be the only one." Apoo stated as he held out his hand.
"No, join my crew. You and I both have rare Zoan type devil fruits and will make a perfect fit." Drake said as he held out his hand as well.
"Thank you for the offers, but I am very loyal to my captain. Even if he can be an asshole most of the time but I like my crewmates just like brothers. " Kc declined both of their offers before she handed X Drake a piece of paper she had stashed in her pocket. "Oh yeah, here is the autograph your friend wanted."
"That Eustass Kid is one lucky guy, he almost chopped off my head after I gave him one simple glance. If she can deal with his short temper personality then they must be dating-.'' Kc then stops Apoo before he could finish the rest of his sentence.
"If you are wondering...No, me and my captain are not in a relationship." Kc stated as she waved them bye.
"There you are, I've been looking all over for you, bitch." Kid shouted as he stomped over and scooped Kc up and lay her on his shoulder like if she was a sack of potatoes.
"The Human Auction show will start in less than an hour, we need to hurry."
"Hey what the hell, let me go!" Kc demanded while slapping Kid's back and squirming around in his tight grip.
"No, I heard a few rumors about a mysterious woman had stood against a Celestial Dragon by singing a stupid song. Is there anything you would like to tell me?" Kid scoffs.
"That could be anyone." Kc responded.
"Oh yeah, just any woman has 2 tails and can fly. I'm not letting any World Nobles take you away from me." Kid retorted, now becoming angry. "I can take care of myself, now let me go!" She shouted.
Smirking evilly, Kc then orders Kenzo to set Kid's ass on fire.
Now free from Kid's grasp, Kc then puts out the fire by creating a large pile of snow that Kid gladly sits on.
Kid glares at Kc and at her ferret before scooping a handful of snow and throws it at Kenzo.
"Kenzo!" Kc called out her little buddy's name in worry, then she glared back at Kid.
"Oh now you have done it." Kc stated as she created multiple snowballs and threw them at her captain.
The 2 of them were now having a full on snowball fight, not caring for the people who were watching them, wondering where all the snow had come from.
"You bitch, I'm going to turn you into a fur coat!" Kid shouted.
"Do they always fight like this?" Drake muttered as he watched the deadly snowball fight between captain and subordinate.
"Take this!" Kc shouted after she created a giant snowball that was the same size as 2 whole buildings.
10 minutes later they both stop throwing snowballs at each other and face planted into the snow and start laughing.
"That was so much fun, I totally won." Kc said in between giggles.
"Nah, I'm the winner." Kid retorted as light chuckles escaped from his mouth .
"Let's just call it a draw." Kc suggested and Kid nodded his head slightly.
"We should leave, the auction will start soon. I need to know just how fuck up this island is." Kid stated as he got up and dusted the snow off himself.
