"I'm soooo hungreeeehhh…" I whined as I lied on the deck on my abdomen with stuck out tongue, "And it's getting hooooooott…" I whined again.
Apparently, our food stocks were suddenly disappeared in a night and we only ate breakfast with normal portions for the girls. But of course, it's not full for me and I was eating my delicacies stocks until it empty an hour ago, and I'm still hungry.
"Now tell me, who is the one that eating all the portions for all of us for our journey to Alabasta?" I heard Sanjii-san asked and I turned my head, seeing my dear big brother and his partner were interrogated by the Cook.
"No, no, no, we don't know anything about it." Luffy answered as he was sweating a lot and looking sideway, waving his hand in 'I don't know anything' moves.
"W-woof." The hybrid replied, also looking sideway.
"Hey, why do you two keep looking away? Look straight into my eyes." Sanji-san said. "Now, let me ask you once again. How is it that the rations for eleven that I had saved up for our journey to Alabasta suddenly disappeared in the middle of the night?" he asked again before crouching down and grabbed Luffy by his lower face.
"Resistance is futile, you'd be a terrible poker player." Sanji-san stated while Luffy just grumbling things. Sanji-san stood up before leaned down, "Hey, there's something around your mouth." He said.
"CRAP! LEFTOVERS?!" Luffy exclaimed as he smacked his hands onto his mouth, not realizing his stupidity.
"SO IT WAS YOU!" Sanji-san kicked Luffy and Flame away hard before turning to Nami, who was looking at the scene upstairs while I just stared at it with dead eyes because of hunger. "Oh Nami-san! Can you believe that asshole?! You gotta buy me a refrigerator with a lock!" he said with love mode.
"Yeah, now that you mention it…" Nami trailed off as both her and my eyes turned to the other three that were fishing but we saw that they were kind of chewing. "Our lives probably depend on it…" she said.
I stood up as Usopp said, "Gulp… okay, better catch some fish for Sanji-kun." While Carue just quacked. I smiled sweetly as I approached them and put my hand on Usopp and Carue's shoulder before slammed them up hard, making them fell down from the railings while I was fuming at them.
"Stupid assholes…" I muttered and lied back down on the deck near the others that were talking about Crocodile, the Shichibukai, which being the hero of Alabasta or some shit like that.
"Ja, I just need to kick his ass right?!" Luffy asked as he punched the air enthusiastically.
"Yes… first we'll stop the rebellion. If we can drive the Baroque Works out of Alabasta, my country will be saved." Vivi said.
"Wait, hold on." Usopp interrupted, "How the heck does this Baroque Works' system work, anyways? 'Mr.' this, and 'Miss' that…" he continued as Zoro wakes up.
"The system is simple. At the top is Crocodile, 'Mr. 0'." Vivi started, "There are 14 'agents' who take orders directly from the boss, 13 men and 1 animal. All their names are 'Mr.' plus a number. They are paired with female agents who compliment their particular powers." She continued.
"Mr. 13 and Miss Friday are special in that they punish the other agents for failure. All the agents from Mr. 5 up are called 'Officer Agents'. Most of them have DF powers. They don't act unless the business is extremely important. Below them are the frontier agents. They command the basic units. Their job is to raise funds for the company around the entrance to the Grand Line. That is the secret criminal organization 'Baroque Works' in a nutshell." She finished.
"I get it now! Look out Crocodile! I just need to kick his ass, right?!" Luffy exclaimed as he punched the air again.
"You didn't understand a work she said, did you?" Sanji-san huffed.
"But there is also a pair of the agents that is only Crocodile and Miss All-Sunday knew." Vivi continued, which taking most of our attentions. "They're called as Mr. 0, 5 (A/N: read o-point-five) and Miss Half-Day. They're also at the same level as Mr. 13 and Miss Friday, a pair of punishers, but they're far more brutal as they will kill the failures with no mercy. I heard that they're hidden from the publicity of Baroque Works and most of the agents there don't know about them except for the top pairs." She said.
"They usually work went they got a secret mission from Crocodile and I heard they knew about his identity." She continued. "And they usually become Crocodile's lap dogs and will do anything he said."
"Then that means… if the takeover of Alabasta is the Baroque Works' final plan… then, the 'Officer Agents' should all…"
"Yes…" Vivi reassured. "They'll be together." She finished.
There was an awkward silence before the Straw-hats go back to their activities before.
"Are you sure?" I asked which was taking the princess' confusion look. "Are you sure that if we stop the rebellion, that stupid alligator also stop?" I continued. That sure got Vivi right on the spot, as she gripped her arms.
"As far as I could tell you, that stupid alligator is the one that cause all the chaos. And if I were you, I would kick that stupid lizard first then stop the rebellion." I finished as I sat up to look at her. "But it's just my idea, so you don't have to follow my idea." I added as I shrugged and scratched my head. I stood up and walked away, leaving her in her thoughts.
"Well, don't mind me. I'll be at the Crow's Nest, and if any of you need anything, just call me, K?" I told them as I waved my hand and climbed up to the Crow's Nest, with Takao perched on the railings, watching the surroundings. I sat down and started writing on my Log Book. I glued some photos I took to the pages and gave some description next to the photos.
Wondering how I got the photos out from the camera? Well, I have printer den den mushi that was bought by Usopp back in Loguetown, as he said that I got camera but no printer and that will be sucks. I thanked him and he also helped me by plugging the plugs of the den den mushi to my camera and it started printing out the picture I chose. Now the den den mushi is resides in Women's Quarter so I could print the photos whenever I want.
As I kept busy with my Log Book, I could hear Vivi was yelling about Carue, probably being the bait as both Usopp and Luffy ate all the baits. And I heard something hissing in the distance and I saw Takao flew down to the deck. I put away the book and stood up, wondering what the hissing noises are came from. It actually came from a steam from the sea in the distance. I jumped down from the crow's nest onto the deck with loud 'BANG', which was startling almost everyone in the area.
"There's a freaking steam right in front of us."I said as I grumble.
"Steam? From the ocean?!" Chopper exclaimed in disbelief.
"Yes, it's a hotspot." Nami replied.
"What's that?" he asked again.
"It's where magma comes out. Down below us are underwater volcanoes." I told him as I walked upstairs.
"There are volcanoes underwater?" he asked.
"Yep, there are more volcanoes underwater than on land." I answered as my mind wandered back to my home country, Indonesia, cause it's in the Ring of Fire area and I turned to see the steam. "In several thousand or ten thousand years, there will be a new island here." I continued.
"That's so cool, Eri-chwan~!" Sanji-san said as he swooned.
"This place is amazing…" Vivi muttered as she looked at the place in wonder.
"Yeah." Nami agreed.
Right before we went into the steam, I quickly tied my shawl around my nose and mouth. Sulfurs are smells bad, and I completely hate it, especially for a sharp-nosed person like me.
As we finally inside of the steam, almost everyone were complaining about the smell, especially the animals and eventually me too. I was almost dying because of the smell as I was starting to get dizzy until a few moments later; we finally went through the damned steam.
And guess what? The bait the Usopp and Luffy use, AKA Carue, got something in the end.
But guess what, again? It's someone, not something.
Guess what, again? It's a freaking Okama in weird outfit and swans on either of his shoulder with ballet shoes.
Yep, it's Mr. 2 AKA Bon Kurei.
Freaking hell damn it.
Why the damned okama?
XXX
After some chaos (the damned okama fell onto the sea, despite of him being a hammer), we eventually pulled him up to the ship and thanked us for saving him. Then he saw Vivi, who was standing on the upper deck, and started saying things to her before winked and kissed-bye at her, which making both Vivi and me grimaced at the sight.
"Hehe, so you can't swim either." Luffy said.
The okama nodded, "Yes, I ate a Devil Fruit." He said.
"Really? What kind?" Usopp asked in interest.
"Well, I must wait for my ship to come back anyways, so I might as well put on a show." Bon Kurei said as he stood up. "This is my power!" he then slammed his palm right on Luffy's face hard, making my dear brother to fly back, slamming to the wall.
"LUFFY!" most of us called as we saw our dear Captain was got 'attacked' by the damned okama. I just stared at the scene with twitching right eyebrow, totally annoyed by the fact he did it.
Zoro was about to attack the okama, only stopped as we heard him saying to wait with Luffy's voice, which shocking all of us but me.
"Huh?" Luffy exclaimed in confusion and wonder as he saw his 'twin', "It's me!"
"They're identical!" Usopp exclaimed in shock.
"Surprised?! Surprised?! Gahahahaha!" the okama exclaimed as he laughed before touched his face with his left hand, turning his face back to normal. "Touch my left hand and it goes back to normal. This is the power of my Mane Mane no mi!" he said.
"The voice…" Nami trailed off, "Even the physique is the same…!" Usopp finished.
While Luffy was amazed by the power, the okama suddenly touched each of our faces but the animals as he said, "Well, it's not necessary to punch you for it work." Making me hit his head at that.
"Then why the hell did you do that to my brother, you stupid okama!?" I exclaimed with steaming fist and shark-teeth.
"Ouchie!" he exclaimed as he continued.
"Well, if I just touch you face…" then he turned into Usopp.
"With my right hand…" this time Zoro.
"I can imitate anyone…" now Chopper.
"Just like this!" then Nami before turning into me.
"And your bodies too." Then he suddenly opened his shirt, showing my upper body to the world and making Usopp and Chopper (and I'm sure he only imitates Usopp. That pervert…) stared at it in shock. Thank god Luffy only stared at it with blank face cause I would never forgive Usopp if he also contains my brother's pure brain.
I quickly jumped and kicked his head hard in anger as I yelled, "STOP IT YOU FUCKER!"
"OUCHIE!"
"I'm so sorry, but that's all I can show you…" he sighed as he regained back his conscious while the three stooges were cheering to show it some more, which of course making the damned okama to change his mind.
"Stupid asshole." I hissed as the okama were showing off the faces he ever touched and guess what? One of them is Cobra's AKA Vivi's dad, which of course making the princess to stared in shock. The damned okama started twirling again as he said that it's all and the three stooges were cheering at it before the four of them were dancing together, shoulder on shoulder.
"Someone kill them." Nami sighed in defeat as she turned around and saw something on the horizon before turning back to the quartet stooges. "Hey, there's a ship coming this way, is it yours?" she asked the okama, who immediately jumped on the railings, backing all of us.
"Well… is it time to leave already?! Too bad." He said while the three stooges were whining about the fact their new friend is going to leave. "Do not be sad, my friend! Separation is inevitable! But never forget me!" then he glanced at us with big grin and tear up eye as he brought a thumbs up.
"Length of time means nothing… to true friendship!"
Zoro, Nami, Vivi and me just stared at the sight with blank faces while the three stooges were cheering at that and yelling we'll see him again. Then the damned okama jumped on his ship that right beside our ship and exclaimed to move on.
"Yes sir! Mr. 2 Bon Kurei-sama!" the minions exclaimed and the ship sailed away, which making most of us surprised about the fact that the okama is one of the Officer Agents, especially Vivi.
"That was… Mr. 2 Bon Kurei!" Vivi exclaimed in shock.
"Vivi! Didn't you recognize his face?!" Luffy asked.
"No… I've never met Mr. 2, the Mr. 1 pair, or the Mr. 0, 5 pair. I didn't know that he had any powers either!" she replied as she fell on her knees and sat down in defeat.
"But I did hear rumors about him…" she said, "That he was a huge okama, talked like an okama, wore a swan coat, which had 'Okama Way' writing on his back…"
"You should've noticed." The four of us; Zoro, Usopp, Luffy and me; said as we did a back hand motion.
"One of those past faces he showed off from memory… was my father's…! what in the world… will he use my father's face to do…?!" Vivi said in dismay.
"Well, if you got to be ruler, he could definitely do some bad things with it." I stated.
"We just let a really dangerous guy get away." Usopp said in worry.
"He was an enemy…?" Chopper asked.
"He is the enemy, Chopper." I told him.
"Well, he will be dangerous if he turns into an enemy when he finds out we're his enemies. If he uses his memory to turn into one of us, we won't be able to trust each other." Nami said.
"Really?" Luffy asked, dumbfound, which of course making Nami to sigh and about to explain it to him, only get cut off by Zoro.
"Wait a minute. She may have a point, but there's no need to be afraid of him." Zoro said as he put a hand on Luffy's shoulder with a smirk and I walked up next to Luffy with the same smirk.
"I think we're lucky that we met him." I said, "Now we can use counter-measures." I continued.
"What, what are you guys talking about?" Luffy asked as he looked at Zoro and me back and forth.
I sighed, "Alright Luffy, let me explain it to you." I said as I pulled him down to sit down as I sat down right in front of him. "So, you knew that that okama is our enemy, right?" I asked and he nodded. "And you knew that he has a DF power to copy us, right?" he nodded again.
"So!" I exclaimed, "If he knew that we're his enemy, he could turns into one of us and fooled us." I explained in the simplest way possible. "Do you understand?" I asked as he tried to think but his face was getting redder because of thinking before he opened his eyes in realization.
"Oh I know! So he could turn into one of us and fooled us by acting like one of us, right!?" he asked back and I nodded as I smiled with proud.
"That's right, Luffy! I'm so proud of you for being a little bit smart!" I praised him as I pinched his cheeks not so hard.
"Hey!" apparently, that made him feel offended.
XXX
I was staring at the sky as I lied down at the back deck and I felt something was coming right under of us. I sat up right the said something was emerged out from the sea behind the ship, revealing it to be a Sea Cat as it meowed loudly as he resurfaced.
"It's a Sea Cat." I stated as I stared at it and took a picture of it.
"A Sea Cat!" Vivi exclaimed as she saw it while Usopp and Chopper are shocked about the sudden appearance of the sea cat.
'Sea Cat is a pun of Black-tailed Gull…' I thought as I saw both Luffy and Zoro ran up right in front of me, each of them preparing their weapons AKA katanas and fists, which of course scaring the Sea Cat off as it swam backward and paled.
"No, it's retreating!"
"Put the ship in reverse!"
"You can't do that!"
"DON'T LET IT GET AWAY! MAKE SURE YOU KILL IT!" Sanji-san exclaimed as he ran and joined the other two.
That, of course, stopped by Vivi by hitting those three with a mop, making them hitting the railings while the Sea Cat swam back into the sea.
"W-what's wrong, Vivi-chan…?!" Sanji-san asked.
"Vivi you asshole!" Luffy spat.
"You can't eat it, you bakas." I said as I walked beside Vivi. "Sea Cats are sacred animals in Alabasta." I continued and smiled to Vivi, "Which means that we're close, ne?" I grinned and she nodded as she smiled.
"Don't worry, Luffy, we'll get our food real soon." I told him as I pat his head and my stomach rumbled in hunger loudly while he was biting the railings and crying at the fact his 'food' got away.
He quickly turned with new gleams on his face, "Really?! What kind of cat will it be this time?!" he asked while Vivi was talking to Nami.
"Vivi! The wind and temperature seem to be stabilized." Nami said.
"Yes, we've entered the Alabastan climate zone. The Sea Cat is more proof." Vivi replied.
"I bet those things behind us, are even more proof we're close to Alabasta." Zoro said, taking all of our attentions and saw a huge fleet of ships with 'Baroque Works' sails on them on the horizon. Vivi was totally shocked at the sight while everyone else was panicking about it.
"Stop getting worried. They're nothing!" Zoro reassured.
"Yeah, all is lost if we lose sight of our true objective. There are only 11 of us." Sanji-san said.
"Well then," I started as I smiled and bringing up a brush and quick-dry black ink bottle in my hand, "Let's do the plan I'm going to tell you guys now." I finished and told them about the plan. We then drew an-X on each other's left arms and we covered it by tying a white cloth on it.
"Listen, everyone." I called and untied the white cloth around my arm, revealing the X mark, "When we got separated and met with each other, we must show the mark immediately at the time we met with each other, understood?" I explained and they nodded.
"Tie them on tight." Zoro said as he tied the white cloth, "Our enemies have plenty of mysteries."
"I see." Vivi said as she helped Nami up to tied the cloth. "As long as we see these, we don't need to doubt one another." Nami said.
"Does he really look like us that much?" Sanji-san asked as he tied the cloth, "When he does his 'Mane Mane no Mi' thing…"
"He doesn't 'look' like us, he 'is' us." Usopp replied, "Too bad, you really should have seen it!"
"I'm not interested in okamas." The Cook replied.
"We were even dancing." Usopp added. I chuckled as I saw Carue got tied up in piles of white cloth and helped him up to tie it properly on his wing.
"Now that we know he's among the enemy, we can't allow for any careless individual actions!" Zoro said.
"Ne, what should I do?" Chopper asked.
"Just do what you can, Chopper-dono." Takao told him as he helped Flame up.
"That's right." Usopp said, "Run away from enemies you can't beat! Just do your best!" he continued.
"You're just telling that to yourself." Sanji-san stated while Carue quacked in agreement.
"What I can do… got it!" Chopper nodded.
"We're coming up to the harbor." Nami announced as she saw the said harbor is close, "Let's stop in that inlet to the west. We have to hide the ship." She finished and we gathered back up.
"Okay! Whatever happens from now on, this left arm," Luffy brought up his left arm, which was followed by all of us as we stood up in circle, "Is proof of Nakama!" he exclaimed as we smiled.
"Now… let's get onto dry land!" Luffy exclaimed, "TO A RESTAURANT! Oh, and Alabasta." He continued.
"MAKE UP YOUR MIND, YOU BAKA!"
I just smiled weakly at the sight and saw Vivi was smiling as she brushed on the clothed arm. I smiled and put my hand on her shoulder, "Isn't it nice to have them as Nakamas?" I asked and she nodded. "So tried to rely on us too, K?" I told her and grinned, "Geshishishi."
XXX
"WE ARE FINALLY HERE!" both Luffy and me yelled in sync as we get closer to the coast and jumped off the ship and ran forward. "RESTAURANT!" we exclaimed in relief as we cried in happiness while we ran, ignoring the rest of the crew that yelled at us.
I was running forward in fast speed and eventually arrived at the port town, Nanohana, if I'm not mistaken. I eventually lost sight of Luffy as I just realized that he's not beside me. I just shrugged and started to pant heavily as sweats started pouring down from my whole body.
'Damn it, this is far hotter than Indonesia! It feels like I'm gonna melt!' I thought and stood up properly as I started looking around and saw a shop that sells Alabastan outfits. Thankfully, I bring my money with me so I went in to buy one. I was welcomed by the owner and I just nodded as I looked around the place.
"Ne," I called, "Do you have a clothes for women but not too feminine like?" I asked.
"Of course we have, madam!" the owner replied as he told me to wait for a moment and left me alone as he took the said clothes I just asked for. I was looking at the clothes while waiting and then he came with the clothes in his hands.
It's a light orange colored long-sleeved coat with light materials and golden rims with some patterns. There's a skirt-like robe for the lower part with dark orange sash for the belt and a brooch for pinning the sash together. Then there are Aladdin's style pants (you know, the puffy one) with the same color as the sash.
"This is pretty cool." I said as I took it from the owner's hand and inspected it closer.
"There are its matching headgear and shoes, also!" the owner said and left me again before came back with the headgear and the shoes.
The headgear is actually like a Niqap, only the piece those coverings both of the nose and mouth can be take off and it's not big like the usual niqap I saw back in TVs back home. It's like for thieves, you know, the one that covering all of their face but eyes. It also has the same color as the sash and the pants. Then the shoes is a pair of flat shoes that are, thankfully, not pointy at the front with golden color.
"These are cool too. I like it." I said as I smiled a bit. "I think I'll take it." I told him and gave him some belis to him, who took it gratefully and put it inside his pocket. "You don't mind if I wear it now, right?" I asked.
"Oh it's alright, madam! Please, you could wear it at the fitting room right there!" he said as he showed me the said fitting room. I smiled at him as thanks as I walked to the fitting room to wear the clothes.
I quickly wore the clothes and tied my hair in low ponytail before put on the headgear but not with the cloth that covering my nose and mouth. I tied the belt around my waist, right under the sash, and slipped the baton-length bo staff and the blades (the bisento blade and the trident blade) along. I grabbed my cap and shawl before tying the shawl across my shoulder. Then I looked at myself at the mirror and nodded. Well, it's not so bad at all. I walked out from the fitting room, with the owner right in front of the room.
"How do I look?" I asked.
"Splendid, madam!" the owner replied with thumbs up.
"Well then, time to find the restaurant!" I exclaimed and ran out the shop while the owner bid me a thank you. I closed my eyes as I activated my haki to detect people's presences and the restaurant is. I kept running as sometimes I stepped or jumped away as there's someone right in front of me until I eventually right in front of the said restaurant. I cheered up and ran inside, not minding the stares from the people as I cheered loudly earlier. I sat down right in front of the bar counter and slamming the counter several times loudly, which was taking almost everyone's attentions.
"Ossan! Bring me food!" I exclaimed while the owner just nodded as he sweat-dropped at my wild actions.
"Here you go." He said as he put many plates of food right in front of me and I cheered as my stomach grumbled loudly and ate the food as fast as I can.
"B-be careful or you'll choke, ojou-san." I heard the owner said as he saw me sucking the foods like a vacuum cleaner back at TVs back home. I just nodded and kept eating until the foods are gone but I'm still hungry as it kept growling.
"More!" I exclaimed, not minding the shock looks from people in the place. The owner came back with other plates of foods and put it back in front of me. I ate again fast for another two times before my stomach was bulged up and I burped out loud, totally full.
"Geshishishi! That was fun!" I exclaimed with my distinct laugh and big grin.
"S-she just ate meals for 10 people!" I heard someone said as I picked my teeth with toothpick.
"Are you serious!? She's not human!" another one said as I burped again and drank down the water from my glass.
"Whoa, what's happening here?" I heard a familiar voice said as the person walked through the awkward moment of the people in the restaurant, "It's just like there's a monster here!" the person continued as he walked closer and sat down beside me on the stool. I turned and widened my eyes as I saw a really familiar face of the person's before I grinned widely.
"ACE!" I exclaimed as I jumped on him, which surprising him and he turned to see who the hell is the one that hugging him before his face beaming with happiness.
"Eri!" I grinned and he pinched my cheeks jokingly as he smirked. "That quite hurt, ya' know." He said while I just whined in hurt before he let it go and slapped my cheek softly while he laughed.
"Well, never expect to meet you in the restaurant of all places! Then again, both Luffy and you are love foods for crying out loud." He said as I sat back down on the stool.
"Geshishishi, you know us better!" I replied as I grinned and we laughed together before Ace ordered some food for him and back to me.
"So, where's Luffy? I thought he will be with you after hearing the message?" he asked.
"Nah, like usual, he got lost on the way here and I dunno where he is now. Probably in some deserts far from here." I replied. "And what message?" I asked as I tilted my head, totally dumbfound.
"Eh? You didn't get the message?" he echoed back as the meals were put down right in front of him and he started eating. "Well, never mind. How's your pirating life now?" he asked as he chewed his food.
"It's awesome!" I cheered as I brought my arms up. "We kicked some Marines and Pirates' asses on the way here and we got new Nakama named Chopper!" I continued with excitement and kept going cheerfully as he listened to me with full interest as he ate before he suddenly face-planted to the plate full of food, which shocking everyone but me about it.
I just sighed while everyone on the spot was panicking about Ace suddenly face-planted on the plate. I started stretching myself as the chaos kept going as someone said that Ace had eaten a poisonous spider called Desert Strawberry. This kept going as the owner nudged me and asking me what happened to him.
"Oh its okay, he's just sleeping, don't worry about him." I replied simply and took a picture of the sight, "He'll wake up in 3… 2… 1." And right when I said one, he sat back up, which shocking everyone but me up.
"HE CAME BACK TO LIFE!"
Ace was blinking for several times before looking around, probably wondering why there are so many people with worried faces gathering around us.
"Uum, a-are you alright?" a woman asked right beside Ace's left before he pulled the woman's skirt to brushed off the foods from all over his face, which making the woman screamed and ran away while I just sweat-dropped at the sight and slightly pitied the woman because of my brother's antics.
"Ahh… damn it…" I heard him muttered as he straightened back and turned back to his plate, "I fell asleep." he stated before started eating again and I was laughing hard as the townspeople were shocked about it.
"YOU FELL ASLEEP!?"
"T-that's not possible!" one of the townspeople near us exclaimed, "In the middle of a meal and conversation!?" he continued.
"And he just starts chewing again…" another one stated as Ace was chewing on his meal again before turning to the shocked people.
"Anyhow, what are you guys all worked up over?" he asked in wonder, totally dumbfound about his sudden action earlier.
"WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT YOU!" three of the townspeople that the closest to us exclaimed with a hand up while Ace turned to the owner and he pointed his thumb at the three.
"You hire a comedians or something?" he asked innocently while the owner was still shock about it and he started eating again.
"Well, no… but if you're okay, I'm glad." The owner replied as Ace started chewing again before he fell asleep, again, on his food.
"OI! DON'T FALL BACK ASLEEP!"
I was laughing hard as I was slamming on the bar counter hard, tears started to form from the corner of my eyes. I paused for a moment before snorting and laughing hard again, kept slamming my fist on the counter. This kept going for a moment and Ace finally woke up again and he stared at me in confusion at the fact that I was laughing hard before finally calms down and he finished his meal.
"I guess you don't have a problem with eating in full public." A gruff voice said, which was taking all of our attentions.
"Oh shit," I hissed, "Smokey is finally here." I continued as I wore the cloth that covering my nose and mouth back up.
"Now, what does the Second Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' want in this country?" he asked, "Well, Portgas D. Ace?" he continued, which earning another chaos to the people in the spot as the stared at Ace in shock and disbelief.
"Well," Ace started as he turned around, facing the smoking Marine, "I was on a search for my little siblings." He finished with a smirk.
"So? What should I do?" he asked in challenging tone.
"Just sit tight and let me arrest you." Smokey stated.
"Rejected." Ace replied, "Sorry, no can do." He continued.
"I'm looking for a different pirate, and I'm not really interested in you." Smokey said as he walked closer to us.
"Then let me go." Ace said.
"I can't do that." Then I felt Smokey was turning his right hand into smokes as he continued, "As long as I'm a Marine... and you're a Pirate…!"
Then suddenly I heard loud cheering from distances as I felt another really familiar presence is coming with fast speed as Ace said, "What a dumb reason… shall we have some fun then?"
There was a silence between the two before a familiar exclaiming of 'Gomu Gomu no… ROCKET!' was getting closer and it eventually slamming on Smokey and it kept going while Ace's eyes were bulged out at the sight and both Smokey and Ace were got repelled away by a familiar straw-hated young teen, who was now cheering as he finally found the restaurant.
"Ossan! Food! Food! Food!" he exclaimed loudly while the owner was still shocked about the fact another one of my brothers was making a scene again, this time making two people flying away far, as I saw many walls were got holed up because of his fault. The owner quickly put plates of foods in front of Luffy and told him to quickly run away as Luffy ate his food.
I sighed and stood up as I took off the cloth and hit his head upside down, which was taking his attention and turned to me with anger before turned to happiness.
"Eri!" he exclaimed, "I thought I lost you!"
"The right word is that, you got lost." I deadpanned as he started eating again.
"STRAW HAT!" I flinched at the loud yelling as a very familiar man with two cigars between his teeth was walking closer.
"And apparently, also with the 'Demon Fox'." He continued as he saw me and I stuck out my tongue at him while Luffy kept eating, not minding him at all.
"So you're finally here… in Alabasta…" he said as Luffy was making loud noises of him chewing the food, which pissing Smokey off. "STOP EATING!" he yelled as Luffy kept eating as he stared at Smokey before started to sweats a lot and blurted out the food from his mouth to the smoke man.
"You're that smokey guy! What are you doing here!?" he exclaimed, which pissing Smokey off more than before.
"You bastard…" Smokey said.
"Wait a minute!" Luffy exclaimed as he took all the remaining food at the plates after I took one meat from the plate and put it into his mouth whole. "Thank you for the meal!" both Luffy and me exclaimed in sync as we bid them a thank you by bowing at the owner and I bit on the meat before we ran out from the restaurant with a pissed off Smokey right behind us.
We kept running as Smokey called the damned Tashigi and she tried to attack us with her katana, but we dodged and jumped on to the roof of the buildings around us and kept running as I felt Smokey is still chasing us right behind us.
"WHITE SNAKE!"
We ran faster as the smoke with a snake form was chasing us until I felt a certain gust of wind was felt right behind us, blowing the smokes away and I saw a familiar dark blue feather was falling down slowly from the sky and we looked up, only seeing Takao in his griffin form on the air with a very familiar black feline on his head.
"Takao! Ro!" both Luffy and me called in sync in excitement as we saw them.
"Meow!" I heard Ro replied enthusiastically while Takao flew down and landed right in front of us.
"Come on, Ojou-sama, Luffy-dono, hop on!" he said and we nodded before hopped on Takao's back and we started flying toward somewhere, probably where the Straw-Hats are. But still we still unlucky as many Marines were following us from the land and them eventually realized that the others were here also as Luffy idiotically calling Zoro's name.
Takao flew faster as we get closer to the others, but Smokey was about to attack us by his smoke fist and right before it attack us, a really familiar flame was coming and stopping the attack, saving us in the process.
"What do you want?" I heard Smokey asked as we stopped right where everyone else is and hopped off from Takao's back.
"Cut it out." Ace replied as he stood up in front of Smokey with still flaming body, "You may be 'smoke', but I'm 'fire'. Your powers don't stand a chance against mine." He continued.
"Who is that?!" the Straw-Hats asked in surprised while Luffy himself looked dumbfound about it.
"Ace…?!" he trailed off in disbelief.
"You two haven't changed a bit… Luffy, Eri." Ace said as he glanced at us. "Well, we can't talk like this. You guys run, I'll catch up to you. I need to stay here and stop these guys for you." he said and we nodded.
"GO! Let's go!" both Luffy and me exclaimed in sync as we quickly took some of the supplies we just got to our hands and ran toward the ship.
"Huh?! Who is that?!" the Straw-Hats asked as they also grabbed the supplies and ran along with us while we looked at each other and grinned widely.
"He's our Nii-chan!" we exclaimed in sync with happiness, which of course, making the Straw-Hats stared at us in disbelief.
"NII-CHAN!?"
A/N: YES! FINALLY! AN UPDATE! Did you guys miss me while I was on my trip? *wiggling eyebrows disgustingly* I bet you guys are! And Ace is here! Please wait for a moment!
*starts fangirling for 5 minutes*
Alright! I'm okay now! Now, for my reviewers!
For Savage Kill: Yep! Ace is finally here! Yay!
For gamelover41592: Thank you and welcome back! XD
For imafangirlforever: Thanks! The Live-In was awesome! But I got strained legs and arm because walking up and down to the vegetables' gardens that right up to the foot of the mountain. And Ace is finally here! Let's fangirling together! And a virtual hug for you as a thanks! *hugs*
For One piece fan: Yep! Ace is here! Well, let's just see about that in the next chapter, shall we? I think it would be hilarious!
For OP-kun: Well, Elli-kun, that's because that time, I'm still a newbie and still doing my best at it! And that's because I like the Post-Marineford Arc because of Luffy's past! Isn't it great to saw the children's progress of bonding? :D And Ace is finally here! Yay! XD
For Pikachu17: Thank you very much! XD
For animeloverdaisuk: Here's an update! XD
For Guest: Well, I did, but I always forgot to upload another chapter there so yeah! XD; But don't worry! I already uploaded the story there and some of the chapters there, let's just hope I don't forgot (or more likely, lazy) to post more chapters there until chapter now! XD
Okay, I think that's all! And thank you for all of you that reading/favoriting/following the story! Let me give you all virtual cookies and free virtual hugs! *throws cookies and hugs you all*
DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!
ALRIGHTY! Now for the disclaimer! Come on in, Smokeeeeyyy~~! XD
Smoker: What the hell do you want, you Baka-Author?
How mean! I haven't done anything bad to you yet!
Smoker: Soon enough, you mean?
Yep! Now, stop complaining and do the disclaimer! *throws the paper to Smokey who catches it*
Smoker: 'Baka-Author—(hey! I didn't write that!)—Shut up! Baka-Author never did, and never will, owns One Piece, that only be owns by Odacchi!' There. *huffs as he throws the paper away* Happy now?
Not until you became my uncle! *twinkling eyes*
Smoker: Never.
WHAT!? WHY?!
Smoker: Because you're a Baka-Author and I don't want a stupid niece like you.
Then let me be your wife!
Smoker: What!?
Wait Smokey! Marry me~~! *runs after Smoker as he runs away fast*
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