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Chapter 15
Little… Girls…?
The Trump Pirates were a group of pirates known for its animal and playing card motifs. Led by Bear King, this pirate was just like most other pirate groups, going from island to island and looting and destroying any town they came across. They've gotten into battles with Marines every once in a while and always managed to win in the end, mostly thanks to a secret weapon they possess.
The had a relatively large fleet consisting of close to ten ships, each of them adorned with animal figureheads. The main ship has the figurehead of a bear.
Bear King was reclining on his throne placed on the deck of his ship, enjoying the morning sun and ocean breeze, when suddenly one of his men ran up to him, shouting, "Captain! Marine ship spotted up ahead!"
"Oh yeah? What's the big deal? I'm sure the other ships can do something about it," Bear King said to him. "You don't see any big shots on board, don't you?"
"Well, we didn't look closely to see if there are any big shots on board, but what if…" said the pirate, but he got interrupted by his captain.
"I'm not going to waste the King Cannon on something insignificant!" Bear King said to him loudly. "Just get the others to do something about it!"
At the side of the ship, three of Bear King's most trusted and powerful crewmates, Pin Joker, Boo Jack, and Skunk One, were watching the aforementioned Marine ship as it made its appearance over the horizon.
"Just one ship? That shouldn't be anything to be worried about-gas," said Skunk One as he observed it using his telescope. "I don't see anyone dressed like an admiral on board either."
"Then we'll let them have all the fun they can have! Heehee!" said Boo Jack with enthusiasm.
Skunk One then noticed something. "Hmm? There are people jumping off the ship. Huh? Strange, they're running on water and in our direction-gas!"
Javelin, Laffey, Z23, and Ayanami sped across the water surface, heading in the direction of the Trump Pirate's fleet.
"That's a lot of ships! You really think we can take down all of them?" asked Javelin, sounding a bit unsure.
"After having tested out our power-ups, I'm sure this won't be too hard," said Z23.
"You're right, we received such incredible power ups that we shouldn't let something like this scare us," said Javelin, trying to sound confident. "C'mon, let's go take them down!"
The pirates on each of the ships watched with curiosity at the four girls approaching them, confused at what it was all about.
"Are my eyes seeing things? There are little girls running on water!"
"I'm seeing them as well!"
"I didn't know they have children as Marines."
Pin Joker laughed at the sight of this. "What a joke! Are the Marines seriously looking down on us that they think children are enough to take on us?"
"Looks like we will have to go easy on them. They are children after all!" said Boo Jack in a mocking manner. "Let me give them a quiz regarding who will become Pirate King first before you take them down, okay?"
The four girls came to a certain distance before stopping, and the Z23 pointed at the main ship and shouted, "All right, you pirate scum bags! We're here to take you down, but we are showing mercy first! Surrender now, or else you will lose not only your ships but also your lives! Do not make us take action against you!"
The pirates laughed in response.
"Haha! Who does she think she is?"
"Yeah! How are little girls going to take us down?"
"Are they gonna take us down using cute dolls? Haha!"
Z23 could hear what they were saying, and this made her angry. "Darn it! They're looking down on us!"
"Well, we look like little girls after all," said Laffey.
Z23 then turned to Javelin and said to her, "Javelin, take out as many ships as you can! We'll show them that we are not to be trifled with!"
"You sure?" asked an unsure Javelin.
"YES!" shouted Z23.
Javelin nodded. "Okay, this is my job as a Marine! I mustn't put to waste my newfound power!" She moved ahead of the others and focused on one of the ships in the fleet that wasn't the main ship. Using her thought as an activation switch, her javelin and rigging glowed brightly before disintegrating into cubes. They gathered in front of her and transformed into a large ballista.
The pirates saw this and were surprised. Javelin aimed the ballista at the aforementioned ship and then pulled the trigger behind it. A large arrow was launched at the ship at a blinding speed, going right through it before any of the pirates could see what was coming. It didn't stop after hitting one ship; it went through all the way and then through another ship. In fact, it went through three ships in a row.
The holes were big as well, much bigger than the thickness of the arrow. It was almost as if a train had rammed through the ships.
Just like that, the three ships suffered massive damage and began sinking, the pirates on board screaming in terror for help.
Bear King and his crew on the main ship had their eyes wide open in shock when they saw what happened. "What the heck?! How did she have a weapon like that?!" said Bear King in disbelief.
"How dare they destroy three of our ships-gas?!" said Skunk One.
Honey Queen stepped forward and said, "Little girls getting on your nerves? Perhaps you shouldn't have underestimated the wrath of women, no matter how young they are. Don't worry; I'll be sure to show them how proper women fight!" She then turned to Boo Jack. "Boo Jack, let's go!"
"At your service, Honey Queen!" said Boo Jack. The fat guy dressed like a pig then belly flopped into the water and floated on the surface, while Honey Queen hopped onto him and began running on him to make him roll forward on the surface.
The ship girls watched with curiosity as the duo approached and stopped in front of them. "Hello there, little girls!" Honey Queen greeted them.
"Um… Hello…?" said Javelin while waving at them.
"Hey, there's no need to be nice to enemies…" Z23 told her.
"Hi," said Laffey, greeting the two enemies.
"What did I just say…?" Z23 said to her with an annoyed look.
"I see that you girl have some neat toys there," Honey Queen said to them. "You better watch where you swing those around, or else someone might get hurt!"
"How do you like a little pop quiz?" Boo Jack said to him while floating on belly. "Answer this: who is going to become the Pirate King?"
The ship girls looked at each other, not sure what to answer him. Z23 then replied, "Nobody's going to become pirate king once we Marines dealt with all you pirates!"
"Wrong! The answer is our captain, Bear King! He is the man who will become Pirate King!" Boo Jack told her.
"Like I care! You're all under arrest!" Z23 said to him in frustration.
"My, my, what awful temper for a little girl! I ought to teach you a lesson now!" said Honey Queen. She then jumped into the air, and then her whole body turned into a slightly purple liquid substance.
"She transformed!" said Ayanami in surprise.
"This is the power of the Jelly Jelly Fruit!" replied Honey Queen. Like a gush of water, she lunged at the ship girls to attack them.
Quick as a flash, and literally at that, Z23's rigging broke down into cubes and gathered around her right arm, transforming into a robotic shark-like about half her size. The shark head opened its mouth full of teeth and extended forward like a moray eel coming out of its den. The mouth bit down on Honey Queen as if she was solid, not to mention changing her back into her human form, causing her to scream in pain. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Boo Jack was shocked to see this. "What?! Honey Queen's Devil Fruit is a Logia! How did you catch her?!"
"Ever heard of Seastones? Yeah!" said Z23 with an almost sinister look. Swinging her arm, she made the shark head hurl the injured Honey Queen all the way back onto the deck of the main ship. Needless to say, the pirates were all shocked by what they saw.
"Honey Queen!" gasped Pin Jack.
"How is this possible that she lost-gas?!" gasped Skunk One.
Boo Jack was now enraged. "How dare you?! I'll kill you with my spike armor!" He jumped into the air, and spikes came out from all over the suit he is wearing. The fat guy spun at a fast speed and was going to fall towards them when suddenly Ayanami swung her sword at him, unleashing an energy wave that not only knocked him back towards the main ship but also destroyed his spike armor, leaving him in his in pants. "OOOIIIINK!"
"Boo Jack is defeated too?!" gasped Bear King.
"Negotiations over! Laffey, take down the entire fleet! Shouldn't be too hard with your new power, right?" Z23 told the Eagle Union destroyer.
Laffey yawned and then said, "Okay, I'll do it." She moved ahead a bit of the others, and then her rigging transformed into what appears to be a pair of large miniguns that she held at her sides. "Here goes nothing."
Pulling the triggers, Laffey fired an insane amount of bullets at an incredibly fast rate at the ships. Like a giant chainsaw cutting through a tree, the endless of bullets cut through the ships like nothing, and even from where she was, she was able to hit every single ship, as the bullets traveled far and struck hard.
In no time, every single member of the Trump Pirates was screaming in terror. "WE'LL SINKING! ALL THE FLEETS ARE DOWN-GAS!" screamed Skunk One.
"DAMMIT! HOW CAN A BUNCH OF KIDS DO SUCH DAMAGE!" said Bear King in rage and also terror. "I WON'T ACCEPT THIS! I'M TAKING THEM DOWN WITH THE KING CANNON!"
Rushing to his throne, he pressed a button on the arm and made a large cannon with wheels that made it look more like a tank rise from the floor at the top back side of the ship. He got onto its cockpit and took aim at the girls. "You're dead meat! I'm not going down alone! DIE AND BURN IN HELL!"
Pulling the trigger, he fired a large golden drill-shaped bullet at the ship girls.
"Oh no! There's something big heading towards us!" gasped Javelin.
"I'll take care of it!" said Ayanami as she readied her sword. Raising it into the air, she made the blade glow in bright blue light, and when she swung it down, she fired an energy blade that spun at a fast speed, basically becoming a buzzsaw.
The energy buzzsaw struck the incoming bullet and, amazingly enough, sliced through it like butter. The two halves of the bullet fell into the water, while the projectile continued heading for Bear King, who jumped out of the King Cannon before he was sliced in two along with his ride.
"NOOOOO! MY KING CANNON!" he screamed with his hands over his head.
"Just who are those kids?! How are they so powerful?!" said Pin Jack in horror.
"Well, looks who's laughing at who now?" Z23 mocked the pirates with a smug look.
Bear King glared at them and shouted, "YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS! COME OVER HERE AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!"
"We'd love to, but I'd rather not leave any fun for the fifth person that came along with us," replied Z23. "She's been waiting all this time for a chance to attack, even though she doesn't have to, you know."
The pirates were confused when they heard about there being a fifth person.
Suddenly, two giant metallic claws that were colored red and black appeared from the water and grabbed onto the side of the main ship. Everyone watched in shock as the owner of the claws revealed itself, a monstrous-looking robot shark about twice the height of an average person.
The pirates screamed, and some even hugged each other, when the shark let out a loud, mechanical roar.
With the Trump Pirates defeated, the Marines wasted no time in capturing as many as they could, and they even had to contact other Marine ships to come over to help, as there were too many prisoners to carry in one ship.
Javelin, Laffey, Z23, and Ayanami were back on the ship they arrived at, being praised by Vice Admiral Maynard, who was leading the ship. "Good job! You did much better than I thought! I didn't expect you to be able to handle all of the Trump Pirates all by yourself!" he said to them.
The other Marines praised the girls as well. Javelin felt embarrassed, Z23 felt proud, while the other two had deadpanned looks they were known for. "It was nothing," replied Ayanami.
"I'm thirsty…" said Laffey.
As the Marines continued to praise them, Z23 was reminded of something. She went to the side of the ship and looked down to see the robot shark from before swimming around in circles. "Admiral Graf Spee, how long are you going to stay in the water?!" she called out to her.
Responding to Z23, the robot shark jumped out of the water, revealing that it also has legs. The Marines were in shock as the pirate fell towards the deck, but while it was still in the air, it disintegrated into cubes, revealing Graf Spee in the midst of them. She landed on the deck just as the cubes gathered around her to become her usual rigging.
"So that's what it feels like to be a submarine," she said.
"Was it fun?" Laffey asked him.
Graf Spee nodded. "I can definitely see why the submarines enjoy staying long periods of time underwater. It really gives you a different view of the ocean."
"Traveling underwater seems neat!" said Javelin.
"Anyway, you girls did well here," Maynard said to them, "but don't get too cocky just because of this. The Trump Pirates aren't exactly the most dangerous pirate crew. Their captain's bounty is actually very low by New World standards. I'm surprised they've managed to come this far… The point is… there are more powerful opponents out there, so unless you know how to fight properly, you can easily lose your lives anytime."
"We will, vice admiral!" said the ship girls while saluting him.
TO BE CONTINUED
Vice Admiral Maynard is from the Dressrosa arc, where he is one of the participants of Corrida Coliseum tournament, trying to expose Doflamingo.
The Trump Pirates are the main antagonists of the second One Piece Movie, Clockwork Island Adventure. And no, the American presidential election has absolutely nothing to do with me wanting to use the Trump Pirates in this chapter. It just came to me randomly when I didn't want to create original characters, so I settled with non-canon characters instead.
What do you think about the power-ups I gave the ship girls? Javelin got a ballista, Laffey got dual miniguns, Z23 got an "eel shark" for an arm, and Ayanami can perform new tricks with her sword. Oh, Graf Spee can change into a shark monster!
Stay tuned to find out the other ship girls' power-ups!
