1 Piece screwed up rewind
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
Brulee sighed slightly as she was sat attending another one of her mothers tea parties at the Chateau with her siblings and several of her mothers underworld contacts as well as whoever else that was deemed good or important enough to invite. Honestly Brulee would much rather be back on the Merry with her husband and his crew at the moment, they were heading down the reverse mountain now if what Nami said was right.
"Have you seen the new bounty posters that just came out the other day?" The Queen of Pleasure City, Stussy, asked casually as she sat at a table with the other underworlders and a few of the Charlotte siblings.
"Haven't had time to look at them yet. Anyone good?" Drug Pelco asked while Brulee's interest was piqued a bit as she wondered if they were talking about her crew or one of the others of the 'worst generation'.
"Oh I brought a copy of the paper and the bounties with me if Big Mom doesn't mind me reading it aloud?" Stussy asked looking towards their host and Brulee's mother who gave a small laugh.
"I could care less about weaklings but if there is anyone of interest then go ahead!" Big Mom said making Stussy pull the newspaper out from…well Brulee wasn't really sure where she pulled it from nor did she want to know…but anyways she opened it up to the correct page and laid the posters out for the whole table to see.
"It's a rookie crew from the East Blue but there are some reasons why they seem to be dangerous enough to catch the eye of even New World pirates." Stussy said smiling pleasantly as she noticed the attention from the other Underworld brokers and the Big Mom pirates.
"Like who?" Perospero asked his interest peaked as he had been walking by the table with Brulee at the time and noticed his sisters distraction.
"Well first is the one that no one actually knows much about. Crystal Copy Cat. It seems she's eaten a crystal type Devil Fruit that lets her copy things apparently. There's not much on her other than the fact that she's female and not the captain…instead it seems that the captain is her husband. What's really interesting about her is that she always seems to wear a mask of crystals…and that she's apparently from the Grandline or rather…the New World." Stussy said making everyone who heard her look surprised as they looked at the womans bounty poster, Brulee smirking a bit when she noticed the shock and surprise on their faces.
"Impossible! One of us would have heard about such a powerful person, especially if they left the New World." Du Field said looking at the poster and earning a small hum from Stussy.
"Perhaps we had and didn't realize it. After all…she's wearing a mask that completely obscures her features from view. With her height it's possible that she's a long leg from outside of Tottoland that made her way to East Blue for some reason. She is said to be over ten feet tall after all." Stussy said without looking up from the newspaper and making Brulee give a slightly wider smirk. So no one suspected her huh? Good to know.
"It's be interesting to see how she fares against Brulee. Copying versus Reflection." Perospero mused as he looked at his sister who arranged her face into an interested look as well as she looked at her bounty poster. It was a good picture at least, showing her mask and impressive height while also capturing the 'crystals' that were floating around her. She had been exhausted for two hours after they had left Orange Town until she got something to eat and a nap…but it was so worth it looking at her picture.
"Crystal's bounty is 30,000,000 since she wasn't really seen doing much but instead is still believed to be a threat. No one knows if Crystal is actually her name however." Stussy finished up before moving over to the next bounty poster and glancing up at Big Mom.
"One of your children is quite the swordsman correct? I believe they'd be very interested in the next bounty." Stussy said making Big Mom hum slightly while even more of the Charlotte siblings began to wonder over curiously.
"A few of my children have taken up sword wielding but the strongest of them is Amande, my third daughter. Amande come here." Big Mom said making the snakeneck woman walk over immediately, her cigarette still in her mouth. Honestly Brulee swore that her sister went through three packs of cigarettes a day since she was never seen without one.
"Yes mama?" Amande asked looking at her mother with her normal disinterested and bland look in her eyes.
"Stussy?" Big Mom prompted the woman who tapped the picture of Zoro next, his picture was pretty simple but dangerous looking. You could see the scar over his eye and jaw and the fact that one ear was missing as he gave a savage dark grin that had some of the weaker willed ones shivering slightly as he held up a sword with a white blade. Brulee wasn't sure if it was the way the picture was taken or the fact that he had reopened some of his stitches but it seemed as if his teeth were bloody.
"Demon Mutt Rorona Zoro with a bounty of 70,000,000. Says he's the swordsman of the pirate crew and he along with one other took down an entire crew of fishmen without even trying. What's really interesting about him is that he's apparently a well-known bounty hunter in East Blue but has changed to a pirate himself…also…he claims to have faced Mihawk in battle and won…and none of the marines have been able to get in touch with Mihawk since Zoro appeared. Some fear that he is the new Greatest Swordsman." Stussy said making Amande tense and place one hand on her sword hilt while the rest of the table and even Big Mom looked shocked.
"Is that so?" Amande asked blowing out a trail of smoke as she narrowed her eyes at the poster.
"His title is Demon Mutt is because the marines at the scene reported that he is like a merciless demon that never stops until his prey is dead…the Mutt part comes from the fact that he seems unwaveringly loyal to his captain and even his captains wife. A rabid dog that bites and kills all in his masters way." Stussy said still not looking up from the newspaper and showing them her smirk. These pirates were interesting.
"Loyalty like that is hard to find, especially amongst newer pirates." Compote said softly as she stood beside Perospero while Katakuri was on Brulee's other side.
"If there's any truth to him beating Mihawk then not only will we have to see about getting him here to face Amande in a sword fight…but if he's strong enough we might have finally found Amande a worthy husband!" Big Mom said laughing and making Amande blush just a little bit as she looked away from everyone, making Brulee snicker slightly at her sister.
"You said that he's not the captain?" Umit asked making Stussy nod and move to the final picture. The one of Luffy.
"That's right. Monkey D. Luffy aka 'Strawhat Demon King Luffy' worth 90,000,000. He's the captain and Crystal Copy Cats' husband. It says here that he took down all of the pirates of note in the East Blue, has a devil fruit that no one is quite sure what it is exactly yet, took down Arlong the Fishman with one move, and was trained by his grandfather a Marine Vice-Admiral from a young age." Stussy said tapping one slender finger on the picture on the bounty poster.
"Straw hat is referring to the hat he wears and the name of his crew, the Straw Hat pirates, while the Demon King comes from the fact that he seems to be the 'master' of the Demon Mutt. Of course his bounty is likely to go up soon." Stussy said pretending to read the next bit from the paper when in reality she had used her contacts to gather this information before it could hit the news.
"It's already pretty impressive for a rookie from that sea, how could it go up more before he hits the Grand Line?" Oven asked raising an eyebrow at the Queen of Whores.
"Well it seems Buggy the clown and Iron Mace Alvida joined their crews together to attempt to execute him at Louge town just yesterday. They managed to catch him unaware as he was sitting on the execution platform and slap him with sea stone. Normally this wouldn't be of any interest however…it seems that when asked if he had any last words, he shouted that he was going to become the Pirate King." Stussy said ignoring the sounds of shock or disbelief from around her. Even the Big Mom pirates were surprised at this.
"To say it in that town. The kid must have balls of steel!" Giberson said nearly choking on his drink at hearing that news. Brulee had to keep from grinning. They weren't made of steel but they were definitely impressive and could stretch.
"Just before the blade could separate his head from his neck….Luffy said something else. He called out his crew members names, referring to Crystal only as 'his love' and apologized before saying that he was dead with a smile on his face. I'm sure someone will have a picture of that in the news tomorrow." Stussy said while Brulee had to fight from tensing at being reminded at how she had almost lost her husband.
"So the kid obviously escaped right? Did his crew save him?" Daifuku asked while Katakuri's mouth dropped open a bit.
"You can't be serious." Katakuri said just before Stussy answered, unbothered by the interruption.
"No they didn't have to although they were on scene and looked more amused than anything. The blade was about to hit his neck when the platform was struck by lightning. Whereas Buggy the clown was fried, but still alive, and the platform caught on fire and collapsed…Luffy the Straw Hat Demon King was completely unharmed." Stussy said making jaws drop open slightly around the table as they stared at the picture of the innocently smiling boy in the tattered old straw hat.
"How?" Perospero gaped in disbelief, earning an appreciative look from Stussy for his tongue. He'd definitely make some girl really happy.
"As I mentioned, no one is quite sure what his devil fruit is. He was able to stretch his body without damage, is able to literally send bullets back at the people who shot him without a scratch, is unaffected by lightning or blunt force damage, and during the fight with Arlong he lit his arms on fire. No one is quite sure what kind of Devil Fruit he ate but the most common theory is a Logia of some type." Stussy said before she folded up the newspaper easily.
"He does sound powerful for a rookie. Perhaps if he gets even stronger or more interesting then he might make a decent husband for one of my daughters!" Big Mom said laughing a bit and making Brulee tense ever so slightly but neither of her brothers on either side of her thought anything of it. They knew she had a hard time showing any kind of romantic feelings and such so to hear that her or one of her sisters might be married off to the boy…Perospero just put a hand on her shoulder in a silent show of support.
Of course Brulee nearly lost her composure and lunged at Galette when the horned red head leaned forward to get a closer look at the picture and hummed out her appraisal.
"Doesn't hurt that he's kinda cute in a clueless idiot way."
