One Piece: The Little Stowaway Ch.3
Miyu's Revelation
It was 3:00 early in the morning, Sanji was pouring the batter into a waffle maker while Luffy and the others are all gathered around the dining table, enjoying their meals.
"Sanji, you've outdone yourself again, Sanji, bro!" Franky praised the cook as he shake some powder sugar on top of his waffle which was already slathered with maple syrup. "These waffles are... 'SUPER!' out of this world!"
"Yeah, Sanji, they're good!" Chopper chirped with glee and delight at the maple sweetness.
"You've sure once again made us a good breakfast for us," Robin added with a smile on her face which praise and smile made the blonde curly-brow cook's heart melt.
"Anything for you Robin Chwan~," He said in a lovey-dovey tone with heart in his eyes.
"Get a life love cook!" Zoro grumbly whispered.
"What was that, moss-head?!" Sanji growled with a death glare at him.
You are ya, deaf dark brow?! I'd said get A LIFE!"
Why don't you just come up here and say that to my face, sword-boy!" He spat as the two rivals butted heads at each other with their face up against each.
"There they go again" Usopp bemoaned giving off a deadpanned glance at the two. "Two years and they've remained the same as always."
Chopper: "Yeah." Chopper nodded.
Luffy in meantime was stuffing up so many waffles in his mouth, syrup all over his mouth and his clothes while licking his sticky finger as he's dying for another serving.
"Hey, Sanji," He said with a belch. "How about 6th serving here, please!"
"MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS RUBBER HEAD!" Both Zoro and Sanji shouted at him.
"Guess that's a no then?" He said pouting.
Robin couldn't help but chuckle at the amusement.
While all that's going on, Nami was entering the kitchen doorway with Miyu just hiding behind her legs, shaken by the yelling that Zoro and Sanji are causing. However, the navigator reassures her that she had nothing to be afraid of as she glares up at the two bickering morons.
"COULD YOU TWO JUST SHUT UP!" Nami yelled her raised voice even scared Miyu more as Goo hid behind her long blue hair.
"Miss Nami, you're scary," she said as she hid behind her.
"Sorry. Didn't mean to raise my voice like that." She petted her head. "No need be scare you and your friend here."
"Yeah, Nami's can be a hot head." Luffy laughs only for him to be hit on the head by her throwing an empty wooden mug at him. "YEOW!"
"You keep your mouth shut!" Nami retorted.
"Well, I was being honest!" Luffy protested.
Miyu was still shaken by all this until Robin decided to come over to her.
"Nami, let's try to keep our voices down since this guest here is a bit sensitive to it." Said Robin as she squats down to reach her level, still clinging to Nami's legs and half-hid behind. "Has she told what her name was?" She asked.
"Yeah, her name's Miyu by the way."
"Miyu?" She smiled. "Such a sweet name."
"Miyu, this is Robin, she's are archeologist." Nami introduces them to her.
"Um, h-hello." She squeaked.
Nami giggled as she hold her pawed hand.
"No need to be shy, she's very nice like me."
Robin, smiled as she petted her head. "Hello there, Miyu, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, Miss Robin." She smiled a bit while coming out of her hiding spot.
"Pleasure is all mine, Miyu, but please just, Robin."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Robin... I mean, Robin... Sorry!" Miyu cringed at her mistakes as she bowed her head repeatably up and down at a fast pace leaving both ladies puzzled.
"Hey, it's ok." Nami kept reassuring her.
"How come she bobbing her head like that. What is trying to be? A drinking bird toy?" Luffy asked as she stuffed another waffle in his mouth which of course snatched from Usopp's plate.
"Hey! That was mine, Luffy!" He shouted.
"My bad." He said as he bites the waffle in front of him.
Nami sighed, facepalming her forehead at the captain's usual food-stealing antics.
"Come on, Miyu, let's get you seated and Sanji will prepare some of those waffles." She takes her hand and leads over to an empty chair for her. "Will you kindly do that, Sanji?" She asked with a smile to which as usual he obliged with...
"Yes my dear, Nami-Swan!" He wiggles around with hearts in his eyes. "Anything you say!"
Miyu tilts her head confused by this odd man's reaction and movements as well as Goo's.
"What going on with him, Miss Nami?"
"Oh? Don't mind him it's natural for him to act like that."
"Oh yeah, Sanji always acts like that to every lady, even get a massive nose bleed." Luffy chuckled much to the cook's annoyance. "But he quite a well mannered as well," Luffy added that last part which made Sanji a bit pleased by the captain's compliment.
"But he's a perv nonetheless," Nami said in a deadpanned tone that struck his heart hard.
"NAMI-SWAN!" He made a comical depressed face.
"Anyways..." She said in a sweet tone, ignoring the poor cook.
"Ha! Take that pervy cook." Zoro chuckled.
"Put a sock to it, One-eye!" Sanji countered.
"This here next to him is, Zoro, he's the strongest swordsmen and crew's first-mate." Nami continues trying to deafen the fighting exchanges between these two. "Over there is Usopp, our sniper of the crew."
"N-nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, Miyu." Usopp smiled.
"I'm Tony-Tony Chopper." The little reindeer waved to her. "I'm a doctor of this ship."
"And he's a great doctor in that," Nami added which made the little reindeer blush and wave his arms around like noodles.
"Oh, shut up! You're just saying that you jerk."
"He's so cute!" Miyu exclaimed. "He's like a little plush toy!"
"That isn't gonna make me happy, stop it damn it!~" He said while doing his little happy dance.
"By the way, what is that thing that follows you around, anyway?" The sniper points out the blue blob.
"Oh, him? That's Goo. He's my closest friend I know." She answered as Goo huddled over, rubbing against her cheek. "Hehe! We've been together ever since we've met."
Sanji comes over and place a plate with two stacks of waffle with a strawberry on top and pour syrup on it.
"Here you go, Miyu-Chan." He bowed to her.
"Thank you." She cautiously takes a fork and knife as she cut a piece.
"Eat up while it's still warm."
"It's alright," Nami assures her. "Sanji really would feel bad if you don't eat up the meal he'd worked so hard all morning to make."
Miyu nodded and slowly pop it in her mouth as her ears perk up high and her tail wagged.
"It's really good!" She cheered in delight.
"Glad you've enjoyed it." Nami as she takes a bite of her waffles that Sanji also made for her and pour some tangerine juice until she heard a gasp from the little wolf-girl.
"Is that tangerine juice?!"
"Yup!" Nami nodded.
"I love tangerines, they're my favorite!" This of course shocked Nami.
"Tangerines are also my favorite!"
"Really?!" Miyu's eyes sparkled with stars. "I never meet someone who also loves tangerines!"
"Same here!" She said as her eyes lit up.
"Wow, never thought I'd see another person like Nami who loves eating tangerines," Luffy said, patting his big plump belly. "Oh right, I'm Luffy, the captain of this crew by the way and I'm going to be King of the Pirates one day!" He then let a huge belch.
"Nice to meet you, Luffy." She said unfazed by his lack of manners. "And... King of the Pirates? What's that?" This of course baffled Luffy, as milk squirted out of his nose.
"You don't know what that king of the pirates is!?" He said as his eyes bulged out.
Miyu shrieked a bit of his over-the-top reaction.
"N-No...?" She whimpered as if she had just offended him by asking him what this 'King of the Pirates' is until Usopp explains scoots in to explain the details.
~Long exposition later~
"Oh! So that's what the king of the pirates is." She said as she placed her paw to her chin and wags her tail gently.
"That's right," Usopp grinned. "Once we find the One Piece, Luffy declares himself as King of all of the Pirates. As for me, I wanted to become the bravest warrior of the seas. Which that would be me mind you." He pointed at himself with a proud expression on his face.
"He would've if he kept running away from fights" Nami whispered.
"I heard that!" Usopp retorted. "You do the same too, and Chopper!"
Miyu giggles.
"Anyway," Nami continued. "As a navigator myself, I wanted to draw a map of the entire world. Sanji wanted to find the 'All Blue', Zoro wants to become the world's greatest swordsmen."
"Wow, you guys have very big dreams. The little wolf-girl said, looking more entreated.
"As for me," Franky joined in the conversation. "I've created this ship and would circumnavigate the world with it!"
"And for me," Robin said next. "I wanted to find and solve the true history of the void century."
"She the only archeologist that can understand ancient writings of the poneglyphs," Nami added.
"And I wanted to reunite with Laboon," Brook said sipping his tea. "And he's a whale mind you. Yohohoho."
"You all have so many big dreams, I don't even know what my dream is." She said while twiddling her two pointer fingers.
"Hey, no biggie!" Luffy exclaimed stuffing his face with another waffle and pouring the syrup down into his mouth. "Maybe one day you can think up a dream someday."
"Luffy, eat more properly you pig!" Sanji scolded him with a chop smack to his head.
"Awlright, awlright!" He complains.
Miyu couldn't help but laugh at the funny antics.
"You all are a bunch of funny strange people for pirates." She then takes a sip of her OJ.
"We sure are the all of us." Nami laughed along with her.
"Well then," Robin sits by the other side of the table to face Miyu with her cup of coffee at hand. "Can you tell us where you're from and why you stowaway?"
Miyu looked down sadly, her eyes hidden from her bangs.
"W-Well you see... I don't know where I'm from, to be honest."
"What about you're parents?" Nami questioned. "Don't you have a family? Did you run away?"
The little wolf-girl shook her head.
"No..." She whispered. "I don't have a family, nor any parents... I'm... I'm an orphan."
This shocked everyone, even Nami dearly.
"Oh," Robin spoke with pity. "I'm sorry to hear that."
"My goodness, how certainly dreadful the poor dear." Brook's jaw dropped.
"I'm sorry we brought that up, Miyu." Said Nami while hugging the poor lycan girl.
"It's okay. Besides, I have Goo with me. He's the only family I have."
"Goo, goo~" He sadly cooed as he rubbed against her cheek and purred.
"Welp," Luffy swallow the whole load down with a big gulp. "Maybe we can take you to an orphanage or someplace for you to be taken in. Besides, we'll be stopping on the next island soon."
Miyu was about to object until Robin cuts in.
"Luffy, may you and the others come with me to the deck, we... next to have a private talk."
Everyone looks at her confused.
"Ok." He said with the same level of confusion as the rest of the crew.
Once everyone slowly exits the kitchen save for Nami still with Miyu as she pet and stoke her cute ears.
"Miyu, you and Goo wait right here, okay?"
"Ok." She nod.
~Later on the deck~
"Mind telling us why you dragged us out of her, Robin?" Zoro's brow raised with suspension.
"I'm with Zoro here, what's going on here?" Usopp rubbed his chin giving her a dirty eye.
"If you please sit down and I'll explain." She said sitting down on the grassy floor with a book in hand.
"What's that?" The navigator asked raising an eyebrow.
She place the book down and open to a page where she'd bookmarked it.
"Here," Is the only thing she can say as they all lean over to look down at the book.
To their surprise, it shows an illustration picture of the same wolf-hybrid that looks like Miyu, only much older and with a male next to the female.
"...I think I found out who our little stowaway is." Robin continued "There's no mistaking it."
"What is it?" Luffy asked, rubbing his forehead with his finger looking completely dumbstruck.
"Miyu is a Lycan."
Everyone went silent for a moment until Luffy broke the silence.
"Uh... what's a 'Lycan'? Asking even more confused than the others.
"It's a race that was thought to be extinct 50 years ago," Robin answered.
"Okay, but what is a Lycan then?" Nami asked.
"Lycan is another term for a werewolf." Robin simply answered and Usopp and Chopper comical reacted in terror.
"WEREWOLF?!" They both cried. "You mean an actual werewolf?!"
Robin nodded as Nami sat then equally as terrified by revelation.
"Y-You mean that's a werewolf that comes out from the night that will eat you?!" She shrieked. "I can't believe I just warmed up to a monster!"
"Miyu could transform into a rampaging creature if a full moon comes up!" Usopp shivered and panicked. "And once that happens, she'll try to tear us limb from limb!"
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Chopper screamed as he ran around in circles.
"Hurry and get sliver!" Usopp scrambled. "Silver is the only thing that can kill a werewolf!"
"WHOA! A WEREWOLF?!" Luffy exclaimed as his eyes widen and stars sparkled out of them. "SO COOL!"
"NO, IT'S NOT COOL, LUFFY!" Usopp smacked him across the head.
Robin nonchalantly cleared her throat to give them attention and to calm them down. "If you please, everyone. I assure you all that Lycans are false accuracy from what those folklore or scary stories are told."
"Phew!" Usopp wiped the sweat from his brows. "I thought we were gonna get eaten for sure!"
"What a relief!" Chopper plops down sigh in relief.
"Well, that's good now." Nami too sighed in relief. "Although I do feel bad now for misjudging Miyu."
"No need, Nami." Robin softly smiled. "However what I discover is that Lycan life-span is much different compared to other beings, namely us humans and fish-men. They've appeared to live over '800 years' and if I'm correct in my theory, Miyu can be about 23 years old, but more an age appearance of a 13-year-old child."
"HUH?!" Everyone gasped.
"So she is an adult then?" Nami asked.
"Partially," Robin answered. "But she still has child traits within her, in other words, she still developing."
"I see," Nami rubbed her chin with her finger and thumb. "Still I find it so hard to believe."
"No kidding! I mean, seriously?!" Usopp cried out, couldn't process this many details of Miyu's crazy age. "She likes an adult but still a mind of a child?!"
"Hmm," Sanji hummed, puffing a cloud of smoke out of his cigarette. "I wonder what she would look if she reach 40 or 50?" He then daydreams about Miyu's more mature body with big rakes and a stunning figure as she was in a skimpy bikini which made his mind go wild. "I can still wait a few years or more if that happens~" He twirls around and around as hearts flutter about."
"Pervert..." Nami groaned, facepalming herself.
"You can say that again." Zoro for once agreed with Nami on this one.
"Don't take it the wrong way!" He comically objects.
"Whatever you say Dartboard brow."
You wanna go, Mosshead?!" Sanji shouted.
"Like hell, I wanna go, dirty cook!" Zoro barked back at him.
"YOU TWO QUIT IT NOW, IDIOTS!" Nami pound them back down so hard it left big oversized bumps on them while Sanji was all lovey-dove to ignore the pain.
"Alwight, Nami-swan~"
"Um...hello?" A little voice squeaked.
They all turn to see Miyu peering out the door wondering what she's hearing.
"Is something going on here? I've couldn't help but notice you all were talking about me, right?"
She bit her lower lip and then sighed. "Yes."
"Sorry..." She whimpered. "I know you told me to wait in the kitchen, but my curiosity got the better of me. So all of you please don't be mad at me for eavesdropping!"
"It's ok, we're not mad," Nami assures her.
"So..." Miyu looked down rubbing her left arm. "Does this mean once we stop at another island I guess we'll go in our separate ways?"
They all looked at her for a moment and then each glanced at each other. Nami on the other hand had deeper thoughts. Do they expect her and his gooey friend would just leave the Sunny with nowhere else they can go? Besides, she's an orphan and no orphanage is going to take in a Lycan that they thought was extinct for over 50 years. No... she would not have it at all.
They stood up with her arms crossed and gave her a serious look on her face as she said the simplest thing that no one had ever thought Nami would say.
"No, you're staying."
"WHAT?!" Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper were all baffled in disbelief by what she'd said.
Her ears perked up and look up at her, confused mixed with surprised at what she just said.
"W-what?" Miyu muttered.
"GOO?!" Goo squeaked.
Nami sighed. "I mean you're staying here, it would be cruel for us to leave you somewhere knowing people thought you lyans don't exist anymore."
"R-Really?" Miyu's eyes widen. "You mean Goo and I can stay here?"
"That is if it's alright with everyone." She looked over them. "What do you think, guys?"
"I wouldn't mind," Robin said with a smile.
"I wouldn't mind either if she can stay with us." Chopper agreed.
"Unless it's alright with the captain here, what do you say Luffy? Luffy?" Zoro then notices him falling asleep as if he didn't hear so much of the conversation.
"LUFFY!" Everyone 'Save Robin' shouted at him.
"I'M AWAKE!" He yelped while toppling over and accidentally hitting his head.
"So you're saying I can live here?" Miyu asked as she still wasn't sure about this.
"Of course!" Luffy gleefully exclaimed. "You can be part of our crew!"
"Y-You want me... to be part of your crew?"
"Shishishi! Of course!"
B-But... You all barely know me." Her lower head. "I don't know if I can fit as a pirate."
"You know she's got a point there," Usopp said in agreement. "Even if her lifespan is different from us, I don't think we should bring a kid into our crew, Luffy."
Hearing that coming from the long-nose sniper made her fur bristle in fury.
"I'm not a kid, long-nose!" Miyu snapped.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!" Usopp shouted.
You heard me!" Miyu sticks her tongue at him.
"Why you little-!" Usopp was about to give her a piece of his mind until Nami bonk him on the head.
"Be nice to her!"
Luffy started laughing so hard at this.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Wow, you got some guts, Miyu! I think you can fit with us!" Luffy continues laughing with joy.
"I-I'm not sure if I would." Miyu whimpered.
"Of course, you can!" Luffy assures her. "I think you'll perfectly fine for our crew."
Miyu was lost for words as she looked around, her ears lowered down as tears start to sting out of her eyes.
"Let me ask you something, Miyu, would you rather be wandering off aimlessly, stowaway every ship you come across, sleep in alleyways while trying to find scraps of food to survive? Or would you rather be part of a pirate crew and you can have all the food and comfort for the rest of your life?" Luffy asked sternly.
Miyu thought of her long life of her drifting endlessly from island to island, stowing away from many pirate ships, cargo ships, and even Marine ships. She remember life was a living hell for her. How could she live the rest of her life like that?
"Okay, I'll do it! I-I will accept your offer to join your crew!" She acknowledge, wiping the tears off her eyes as she looked at them with a smile. "I-I never thought some group of pirates would take me in."
Miyu sniffed as fresh tears and snot was running down her nose. "I've always felt like an outcast to the whole world!" She then cried, covering her face with her hands while Goo looks very concerned for her.
"No need to shed tears, my dear." Robin comes over and she places a hand on her head while Nami huddles over to hug her.
"Thank you..." She sniffed.
"Don't think us yet, kid," said Zoro. "You're going to have to prove you're worthy to our crew."
"Worthy to the crew?" She sniffed, wiping her freshly new tears. "Like a test?"
"Yeah, a test. And we're not gonna go easy on you." The swordsmen said sternly and cold which cause her to gulp.
"But don't go all out!" Nami intervene. "She a little girl despite her slow age life-span."
"I'm just trying to be truthful here!" Zoro countered.
Ok, but if you do go all out, I'll have no choice but give you a good beating on your thick skull of yours, got it?" She said while cracking her knuckles.
"Wow, Miss Nami can be scary sometimes, Goo."
"Goo, Goo." Goo agreed.
"Oh trust me, Miyu, knowing Nami for so long she can be fearsome to most of us. Very fearsome." Luffy whispered in her ear.
"I heard that!" She said while glaring at Luffy.
"Gah! What?! I didn't say anything! Don't know whatcha talking about!" Luffy laughs nervously.
"Are you two a couple or something, Luffy?" She asked bluntly which caused both of them to look away, flushing deep red like tomatoes. Miyu doesn't know about Luffy and Nami's secret relationship.
"What's wrong?" She tilts her head confused noticing how red both the captain and navigator are. "Did I make you guys mad?"
"Oh no, no, no!" Nami innocently waves off her. "It's not like that it...uh... Never mind it's nothing."
"Yeah, totally nothing." Luffy made a fake laugh.
"Okay...?" Miyu was puzzled before she decided to change the subject. "So what must I do for this test? Do I have to do pirate things or some sorts?"
"FuFu," Robin chuckled at her cute little questions. "Let's not worry about that for now, instead why don't you like to have a tour around the ship. Would you like that, Miyu?"
"Of course!" She happily replied.
"SUPER!" Franky was dramatically cheerful, striking his ridiculous pose as usual. "Then let us as personal guides show you around!"
"You're sure going to love everything that we have in stores for you, Miyu," Usopp said as he pridefully pointed to himself. "Just leave the great 'Captain Usopp' to show the whole parts of the Sunny!"
"But I thought Luffy was the Captain, Long-nose."
"He's just my underling!" He said in a very prideful tone.
"Don't listen to him, Miyu, he's a terrible liar," Nami whispered.
"Figured." She said as she sticker her tongue out at the sniper.
"Hey!" Usopp shouted.
"Anyways before we do start our tour, we'll need to get you washed up." Robin pointed out the fact that Miyu was all dirty and need a bath. "Don't you think so, Nami?"
"Yeah," Nami agreed. "Let's get you washed up."
"I mean you don't want to stink up the joint while we give out a tour," Usopp remarked only to give a sharp nudge from Zoro. "Ow, what?!"
"Come on my dear, let's get you clean up." Robin takes her hand as Nami takes the other one and leads her into the bathhouse.
~Inside The Bathhouse~
"Wow, this bathtub is huge!" Miyu giggled as she blows some of the bubbles from soap suds.
Nami and Robin also enjoyed in with her as they scrub and rinse some dirt off her. Using her devil fruit powers, Robin sprouted a few arms around Miyu which at first freaked her out, but both women reassures her not to worry too much as it was harmful. She work on scrubbing the top of her blue hair as it was so relaxing to her.
"It feels so good." She said with a relaxing sigh.
"Glad you're enjoying it." Robin smiled with a soft chuckle.
"It's amazing that you haven't had a bath for like what now? Few weeks, a month."
"I can hardly remember." Miyu sighed with shame. "I barely remember the last time I had a nice soothing bath like this."
"Mhm." Miyu nodded before she turn to Nami and asked. "Miss Nami, am I a monster to you?"
This causes her to gasp silently and remember how she along with Usopp and Chopper reacted to the revelation of her a Lycan and misjudge her as a monster. Nami of course hung down feeling so much guilt in her stomach.
"No..." She said with a sad tone in her voice.
"It's okay, I don't hate you for saying that. I could understand why few of you reacted that way. I mean many never knew who I was or what I am, every I go they seem to see me as a monster to them. They chase me away throwing empty bottles and other things at me."
"Hmm, seems similar to someone we know on our ship, wouldn't you say Nami?"
It wasn't long to figure out what she referring to.
Nami frowned at the realization.
'Yeah, just like Chopper did.' She thought.
"Is that the reason you tried to avoid us?" Robin continued the conversation.
"Mhm." She nodded.
As her long hair is lifted for her to scrub her back, something causes the archeologist to gasp in shock. Her eyes were fixated on some so horrifying that it left her unable to find words which causes Nami asks what was wrong.
"Look..."
As Nami did, she was equally shocked as her. She place both hands on her mouth as her hazel brown eyes gazed in total horror at what she is seeing. On the back of the little Lycan were a couple of deep scars, not just scars that cause by a knife or a cutlass sword, no, it was whip slashes scars.
Miyu remains still, eyes squinted hard as she whimpers knowing what they've discovered.
"A-are those.. whiplashes?" Nami stuttered.
Miyu tried to hold back the tear but she couldn't as the poor little wolf-girl started to sob.
"Miyu, is there something else you're not telling us?" Robin asked cautiously not to upset her.
"I-I guess I shouldn't hide something like this..." Miyu stuttered. "I was also a slave that escaped from their imprisonment."
Nami's eyes widen from that statement. "What?"
Hearing their shocked reaction to her revelation, made her sob more tears.
"I'm sorry... I-I shouldn't hide this from you all." She sobbed under her voice.
"Oh, Miyu..." Nami places her hand on her back, feeling the deep scars on her.
"I just can't imagine how much you've been through," Nami said sadly.
She then pull her close behind her, wrapping her arm around with her breasts pressed against her back.
"Because I know how it feels to be enslaved by someone."
Nami starts to remember her painful years of enslavement by Arlong. Even after two years, she can not rid of the nightmares she endures. Miyu then felt tears dropping on her shoulder.
"Miss Nami?" Miyu turned to her.
"Yeah?" She said, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Why are you crying?"
Oh, don't worry, Miyu... I'm not crying. It's just that I got some water in my eyes." She lied.
Robin watched over them as gave the most sympathetic expression on her face.
'Nami... Miyu...' She said thoughtfully. 'I know how much you two endure so.'
As both Nami and Miyu remain still in the tub, holding into the little wolf-girl, never daring to let go as fresh new tears continue to leak out her eyes. It seems so much pain she suffers for years reflect on the poor little Lycan girl.
To Be Continued.
