Chapter 39: The Coffee Munity
Day 0: The Day of the Lost Coffee
The Blue Pirates were a fearsome pirate crew. Granted they were less pirates and more adventures… well before they joined the Revolutionary Army. Experiencing "True Freedom" was their goal, most of the crew beyond Sabo just went along with this goal. Some of them truly did agree, for example Molly also had parents that she didn't get along with and tried to force he to be what she wanted she wanted to be, which explained why she was the first person to join him… and why she was his first mate.
And the crew did agree to join the Revolutionary Army, heck one of their members Keith joined after they joined the army.
Thanks to Sabo already gaining a reputation for various things and joining the Revolutionary Army the Marines were after them. Plus his bounty didn't help matter.
So it was normal for the Marines to show and attack an infamous pirate crew.
But of course it was an infamous pirate crew so…
Cannons were fired between ships of course. And the Marines ship fires got t really close to rattle the ship.
"Hey! Does anyone have a plan!" yelled Sabo.
"Gregor is working on a plan to get away! But he need one of the gunners!" yelled Molly.
"Keith! Go help Gregor!" yelled Sabo.
"Why me!" yelled Keith.
"Cause the new guy!" said both Sabo and Molly.
"Seriously!" yelled Keith who while it was stated it was wasn't even 17 before he was actually closer to Sabo's younger siblings age.
Gregor appeared behind the purple haired teenager and dragged him away saying something in his thick accent.
The ship was once again rattled by cannon fire.
"You think Gregor's plan will work?" asked Molly.
"When hasn't his plans worked?" asked Sabo.
Molly didn't answer, because his plans usually in the form of a none lethal explosive always worked.
"You know what that was stupid question." Sighed Molly.
On the side of the ship, Gregor gave Keith a large bazooka and began to explain something.
Keith was just confused.
"Should I fire?" asked Keith.
"Aye!" said Gregor.
Keith fired at the Marine ship and a brown cloud appeared on deck with horrible wrenching noises came from the deck.
"All right! Awesome!" yelled Keith happy it wasn't as bad a he thought.
"A stink bomb again?" asked Darla approaching them.
Gregor shrugged and said something.
"You're the only one who thinks it's a classic." Said Darla.
Gregor once again shrugged.
With the Marines distracted by the stink bomb, the Blue Freedom Pirates got away.
"Hey! Anyone injured!" called Sabo.
There no shouts meaning everyone was fine.
However there was a shouted from the galley, "SON OF A BITCH!"
Everyone saw that all over the floor was the coffee, clearly thanks to the battle fell out of the cabinets and clearly contaminated from the ground.
"That's all the coffee!" yelled the cook.
Most of the crew turned pale.
"Really?" asked Koala.
"We're days away from the next island!" yelled the navigator.
"Hey don't worry! I got this." Said Sabo.
He took out his mirror.
"Call Star!" he said.
It rang a few times, then an image of Star appeared but it was clear it was pre-recorded, "Sorry I can't answer my mirror right now! Leave a message and hopefully I'll get back to you… unless it's Tom! Then stop calling!"
Sabo hung up.
"Call Luffy!" said Sabo.
It once again rang a few times however another pre-recorded message popped up.
"What am I supposed to be doing?" Asked Luffy on the screen.
"setting up your voice mail." Said Star.
"So what am I supposed to do exactly?" asked Luffy.
"Just tell them to leave a message." He heard Ace's voice.
"Oh leave a message!" said Luffy.
Sabo sighed when he hung up.
"Seriously?" yelled most of the crew.
"I'll try again later." said Sabo.
Over the course of the rest of the day he tried calling them several time and every single time it went to voice mail.
And with each call Sabo realized more and more if he couldn't get in contact with his younger siblings then there will be problems…
Day 1: It begins…
It was morning and only the three women of the crew were the ones up.
"You have to be kidding me!" groaned Molly, "Anton isn't aware yet!"
Anton was the name of the crew's cook.
"Should we even be surprised?" asked Darla.
"One of us has to make breakfast." Sighed Koala.
Darla went over to the stove knowing someone had to.
"So… how are you two able to handle it." Sighed Molly.
"We don't drink coffee unless it's for night missions." Said Koala, "By the way because of that don't expect to get any help from the Revolutionaries."
"Seriously?" asked Molly.
"Have you ever seen me drink coffee?" asked Darla.
Molly and Koala looked at each other then at Darla who was boiling water.
"Good morning!" cheered Keith.
Then saw that it was the crew's three women.
"Wait… where's Anton?" asked Keith.
"Probably still asleep." Muttered Molly.
"Oh! I guess he really needs his coffee!" laughed Keith.
"You are so lucky you're still young…" said Molly.
"So Darla's making breakfast… what are you making?" asked Keith.
"Gruel." Said Darla.
"Why?" asked Koala.
"Because they need to be punished." Said Darla.
That was when Gregor entered the galley. He didn't look tired at all.
"Okay… seriously… how are you not effected?" asked Molly.
Gregor explained his reason why he didn't need coffee. Darla nodded while Molly was surprise .
"Uh… never noticed." She said.
"Did you understand him?" asked Keith.
"Still no idea." Said Koala.
That was when their captain entered.
"Everyone else is asleep." Said Sabo.
"Yeah…" said everyone.
"Keith is young… Koala was probably trained not to rely on caffeine and I know Gregor is a morning person who takes afternoon naps" Said Sabo then he looked at Darla, "How are you functioning?"
"Have ever seen me drink coffee?" asked Darla.
Sabo blinked and realized he never really have.
"What are you making?" asked Sabo.
"Gruel." Said Darla.
"Seriously?" asked Sabo.
"It's punishment… and I don't think this will be enough punishment for having Gregor tell that "Story" on how his life got flipped turned upside-down." Said Darla.
Gregor shrugged and said something.
"Speaking of which…" said Molly, "You got in contact with star or Luffy?"
"Not yet." Said Sabo.
"What does that "story" have to do with contacting Luffy or Star?" Keith asked Koala.
"I honestly don't know…" sighed Koala.
"No…" sighed Sabo.
"You don't think anything happened?" asked Molly.
"No…" said Sabo, "At least not yet…"
"So until we get to the next island or you get in contact with one of your siblings… we wont' have any coffee." Said Molly.
It was clear it was affecting Sabo and Molly too.
Eventually the rest of the crew joined in for breakfast with Anton apologizing for sleeping in.
Durring breakfast Darla asked something of Koala who told her an answer "yes".
But they figured it would be a few more days for that…
Though out the day the crew irritable with many not up for doing their jobs.
Of course this was just beginning…
Day 2: It Continues…
Anton got up this time to make breakfast, but he struggled.
Still he didn't know what else someone might have in mind for breakfast like the gruel the day before but he didn't want to.
Oater two days of it, it was hard not to feel the effects.
Of course Sabo tried again and again to call his younger siblings.
But he also decided to call his older brother to see if he knew anything.
"No… I no idea why their not answering." Said Ace.
"Great./." said Sabo.
"What happened?" asked Ace.
"You have to promise not to laugh." Sighed Sabo.
"Fine…" said Ace.
Sabo told his situation.
"Why do you have so many coffee addicts on your crew?" asked Ace incredulously.
"I'm sure your crew has many too!" said Sabo with his eye twitching.
"But your whole crew?" asked Ace.
"Four of them don't drink coffee." Muttered Sabo.
"Four out of your entire crew." Said Ace.
"Name one in your crew that doesn't drink coffee…" said Sabo, "And isn't a cat."
"He's a lynx." Said Ace.
"Whatever…" said Sabo.
""Looks you're just upset you can't make fun of me for getting shipwrecked the first time I set sail." Said Sabo.
"No I can still make fun of you for that." Said Sabo, "But unlike you I'm calling for help… it's not my felt Star and Luffy wont' pick up."
Ace grumbled under his breath.
"If they call you contact me." Said Sabo.
"I know." Said Ace.
Sabo sighed.
"You should get ship wrecked on an island." Said Ace, "It will work wonders for a coffee addiction"
"Bye Ass." Said Sabo.
"Hey!" yelled Ace.
Sabo hung up when he heard snickering from his crew.
"Get a new hobby!" yelled Sabo.
Day 3: The First Catalyst
Thankfully Anton got up that morning so that Koala and Darla didn't have to make the breakfast they were planning to make.
However everyone's irritation was riding high including many glares geared at him. After all he was the captain so the blame rested on him.
He was kind of hiding in Molly's work room.
Molly had a hobby, metal working, granted mostly it was to make her weapons (throwing knives… which had to be replaced).
"What am I supposed to be doing?" as he got Luffy's message again.
Sabo groaned.
"This must be taxing on you." Said Molly as she hammered her knife, "I can't really blame you… the combined stress of no coffee, the crew blaming you for this mess and on top of it your siblings not answering… This has been getting to me too!"
"At least you have a hobby that let's you hit things." Joked Sabo.
"Yep! Letting out that aggression!" she said then suddenly started yelling, "Isn't that right mom! It's not a phase!"
Sabo wasn't sure how to respond to what he was watching.
"Geez! You can take a joke can you?" she said, "I know I haven't been in the mood to mess around because of this… but man… take it easy."
"It's kind of hard considering." Said Sabo.
"Whatever." Said Molly.
Outside, Koala saw the news coo for the day and paid the bird.
she took the paper and read it.
Gregor saw her reading it and asked her something.
"I have no idea what you just said." Sighed Koala.
Gregor shrugged.
That was when a wanted poster fell out of the pear.
Koala picked it up and both saw it.
They looked at each other and their eyes winded.
Gregor motioned for her to follow him knowing if he told her where Sabo was she wouldn't understand him.
Koala knocked on the door.
"Unless you're on the Coffee-less four don't open the door." Said Molly.
"Seriously?" asked Koala.
Sabo opened the door.
What they didn't know was that one of the crew members was half listening in.
'You got a bounty raise." Said Koala.
The crew member blinked… and then gritted his teeth.
Gregor said something, however as the crew member couldn't understand his accent, he didn't get the important thing about the poster.
What was so implant thing about the poster?
Well while it was an increase, it was only a Million Berry increase.
No the real problem was that it from "Wanted: Dead or Alive" to "Wanted: Only Alive"
"That's really weird…" asked Molly looking at the wanted poster.
"I have a theory." Said Sabo, "Someone pulled some strings."
Gregor said something, which Koala guess was along the lines of "Who would pull the strings?"
"My guess the future adoptive father in law of the Princess of the Goa Kingdom." Muttered Sabo.
"Looks like his simple plan is coming to fruition." Said Molly.
"Does he honestly think this will work?" asked Koala.
"Until I pull something again and get a real bounty raise." Said Sabo.
However the crew member who heard only about the Bounty Raise and nothing else was already spreading around the crew, making sure Keith and Darla didn't hear because they knew that they would Sabo's side in it.
However most of them weren't up for the plan… and it would be until the next day where the majority would be.
Day 4: The Second Catalyst
Anton did not get up that morning.
So Darla and Koala decided to pull what they were planning on pulling.
"You're doing what?" asked Molly as she woke up with the tow as they made breakfasting.
Darla reiterated it her.
"Okay… this situation. Made things opposite!" said Molly smashing her face into the table.
"It's not that bad." Said Koala.
"When was the last time I flirted?" asked Molly.
"So you're finally admitting it." Said Koala.
"Do I really have to admit to it? I mean it was pretty obvious why I did." Said Molly, "You're so fun to mess with… that's the main reason."
"So wait you don't…" said Koala.
"No… I do… but I know it's not a two way street…" said Molly.
Before Koala could ask any more, Gregor, Keith and Sabo all entered at the rest of the crew entered the Galley.
"Why does breakfast smell like a mishmash of horrible and delicious?" asked Sabo.
"Because I'm making French Toast for the six of us." Said Darla.
Gregor asked something.
"Yes I can… and people say it's good." Said Darla.
"then what's the terrible smell?" asked Sabo.
"I'm making breakfast for the rest of the crew." Said Koala, "It was Darla's idea."
"Which is?" asked Keith.
She told them was it was.
"Okay… is today opposite day?" asked Sabo.
"Opposite week." Said Molly.
Gregor laughed and said something.
"I think it's fitting this time around." Said Darla.
The rest of the crew, eventually got up and had their breakfast were whacked at what was for breakfast.
Baby food.
"You are acting like babies." Said Darla, "I figured it would be fitting."
And this is what drove the rest of the crew to do it.
They were going to do it.
Day 5: The Actual Munity
Through out the day things have been quiet. Sabo, Molly and the four that didn't run on caffeine were serious.
Gregor said something.
Then took out a list and checked off "It's quiet… too quiet…"
"Huh… neat." Said Keith looking at the list which was a list of things he always to say, "Wait… you've said "Go on ahead! I'll take care of this crazy cat army!""
Both Keith and Koala both stare Gregor even more so.
"It's a long story." Said Sabo.
"Yeah…" agreed Molly.
"what…" said Koala.
"You faced of against a crazy cat arm?" asked Keith.
"What's more surprising… the fact we faced one… or that Gregor wanted to say that all his life?" asked Darla.
"We need to get back on the topic at hand." Pointed out Molly.
"I have theory…" sighed Sabo.
"Wait… you don't mean…" said Koala.
"A munity." Muttered Sabo.
"A minority over coffee." Muttered Darla, "I'd say there's more stupid reasons, but I can't think of anything."
"Well… I have another theory on why it might be happening…" said Molly, "Maybe if two people didn't deicide to give the crew baby food for breakfast yesterday."
"I mean maybe it's all in your head." Said Keith, "I mean a munity over coffee… I doubt…"
"Sabo where are ye!" yelled one of the crew members, "Ye must pay for your ye transgressions!"
"Niko… seriously! Why are you talking like that!" yelled one of the other crewmember.
"I'm trying to sound pirate!" said the member named Niko, "Yaar!"
"Stop… just… stop…" said another member.
"I'll handle it." Said Sabo getting up.
He got up to talk to the crew.
"Look I know things are getting unconformable!" said Sabo.
"We're going to take you in for your bounty!" yelled Anton.
"Well…" said Sabo.
"Stop talking!" yelled one of the crew members.
"Munity!" yelled another.
"Then we'll live in coffee heaven!" yelled another of them.
Sabo face palmed.
"I guess we'll have to handle it." Said Molly.
Sabo turned and the five who were still on his side stand behind them with their weapons ready.
"Don't worry we're standing by you captain." Said Keith.
Sabo sighed.
"Don't worry we're going to use non-Lethal tactics." Said Darla.
Darla and Gregor both took out some smoke bombs and tossed them onto the deck.
Koala, Molly and Keith all jumped into the smoke.
There were screams as several of them got beaten up by Koala, pinned to the deck by Molly or shot by a tranquilizer gun by Keith.
When the smoke cleared the entire crew that was going to munity were down for the count.
"I love you Mr. Pineapple head!" said Niko as he passed out form the tranquilizer.
"How long should those last?" asked Sabo.
"Enough time to tie them up." Answered Darla.
Sabo looked at her.
"He had to get them from somewhere." Said Darla.
They tied up everyone who tried to munity.
"Seriously!" said Sabo, "Seriously!"
"Look the two of us are suffering too!" said Molly, "And Sabo is dealing with both his daddy issues flaring up and the fact that he can't in contact with Luffy and Star."
Almost right on cue Sabo's mirror started to ring.
He picked it up. It was Star.
"Oh Sabo! We're so Sorry! Dad surprised me, Luffy and Marco with a camping trip!" said Star, "Are you okay?"
"I'll explain later… just come here and bring coffee!" said Sabo.
"Coffee?" asked Star.
"Yes! Now!" yelled Sabo, "I'll explain later!"
Sometime later, Star was on board having brought a lot of coffee with her. She came alone because Luffy refused to enter the Grand Line until he got there as a pirate and Marco… well…
"So how is Marco doing?" asked Sabo as he drank his coffee.
"He's going okay… took it mostly like a champ…" said Star, "He got a few burns… but was able to fight things off… mostly…"
"How did he get burned?" asked Sabo.
"Do you want to know…" said Star.
Sabo blinked.
"At least you're working on that burn scar spell." Said Sabo.
"Yeah…" said Star, "So… you're crew mutinied… over coffee."
"Sadly…" said Sabo.
"Did you get their butts or…" said Star.
"Nope the ones still loyal to him did!" chirped Molly enjoying her coffee.
"We managed to interrogate them!" said Keith with Gregor.
"So beyond not having coffee for the last few days, what drove them?" asked Sabo.
"The baby food prank." Sighed Keith.
"Of course…" said Sabo.
"Koala… Darla…" sighed Molly.
Both of them heard this fact and sighed.
"You're lucky both of you are hot…" said Molly looking at the two, she looked craned her neck a little to get a certain angle, "Especially dat ass of yours Koala."
"She's back to normal." Sighed Koala.
"On he bright side of all this you now have confirmation she is messing with you." Said Darla.
"Yeah…" sighed Koala.
"And other reason… and this is news to me… your new bounty." Said Keith.
"Wait you got a new bounty." Said Star.
"Untie them all." Said Sabo, "This is serious... and can you set up a conference call with Luffy and Ace they both need to hear this…"
"What's going on?" asked Star.
"That plan you heard about." Said Molly.
They were all untied and Star set it up so that Ace and Luffy could hear this as well.
"All right! All of you have heard about my bounty increase." Said Sabo, "But it's not what you think… it's merely a plot to update my wanted poster."
"Why would that be a ploy!" yelled Anton.
He took out his wanted poster and they stared at the "Only Alive."
"The theory is that Outlook is behind it." Said Sabo.
The crew was somewhat surprised.
"What!" yelled Luffy on the mirror.
"Figures." Said Ace having seen the wanted poster and wasp planning to contact Sabo about it after he got some coffee in him.
"Look I'm sure you all heard something about a bounty increase." Said Sabo, "But as you can see it's not much… also I had nothing to do with the baby food thing. That was all Darla and Koala…"
The crew grumbled.
"Look I'm going to be completely honest, you all lost my trust today." Said Sabo, "And the coffee thing hit me too, trust me, but it's going to be a long time before I can trust any of you again… Also you all need to be punished… I don't know how… but all of you will be."
The rest of the crew… sighed when they heard it.
"I will say this through it wont' be denying you coffee." Said Sabo.
The crew wasn't sure how respond.
"Now if you excuse me… I'm going to vest my friend who just went on his first Mewni Camping Trip." Said Sabo, "Everyone get some coffee in your systems… all right!"
Star cut open a portal, knowing Sabo was just using Marco as a excuse to get off the ship for a bit.
He looked at the five that remained Loyal to him.
"Thank you guys so much." He said before he left
And indeed the five that remained loyal would earn the nickname of the Five Officers even if only two (Molly and Darla) had any sort of officer position on the crew.
Also Sabo and the five officers would never, ever let it down that they mutinied over coffee.
Because… yeah… it was stupid…
Also thankfully it seemed like Outlook's plan wasn't much… After all he would have to be captured for it to work. but he had another one set up.
But that plan was still going to be a while until it was set up… and thanks to that plan not looking like much, they didn't know how much of a gut punch the next plan would… but once again… that wasn't happening for a while…
Next Time: Star finally ask Glossaryck about what's wrong with her wand and she must go inside it to find something that doesn't belong... in a world based on her memoires what sort of problems will arise involving her memories also what will she discover about her mother? Will she fix her wand? Find out next time!
A/N: An update about an OC and a coupe other things.
About Molly: I have cemented her character (a bit of a troll but very loyal to Sabo), her back story (which I will get into a future chapter), her weapons (throwing knives as seen in her chapter), and her sexual preference, if you couldn't tell in the in the chapter she's a lesbian. She often flirts with Koala and like said in the chapter while she does find her attractive it's mostly to annoy her.
Keith: I mentioned him in a earlier chapter... and he changed form his initial idea, I was planning for be hyperactive (another reason why he wouldn't drink coffee) but decided in this story there's still plenty of hyper character so I toned him down, in fact his name is based of the trope "Keet"... so yeah.
Anton and Niko: Literally named randomly... no really I used a random name generator. I knew I had to name a couple so I figured the cook would be one of them... so yeah... probably not going to be important characters... so yeah...