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Chapter 7 : Trouble makers
"Come back here!" a shopkeeper shouted at the two figures sprinting through the village away from his shop.
Luffy and Psycho ran through the village laughing to the piont their eyes watered, under Luffys arm was a large peace of meat the shopkeeper had unwilingly and unknowilingly donated to them.
The two of them ran to the edge of town but before they could make it into the forest ther ran into sonthing in the path, their vision had been so blured from the tears of laughter that they had compleatly failed to see Garp stood in their way.
"What do you two think you're doing" his rough voice made them jump slightly.
"Grandpa" They both gasped shocked thay he was there, Psycho was aware that Garp wasnt related to her but he cared for her like family.
Garp hit them both causing them to hold their heads in pain
"Ouch that hurt" Luffy grumbled
"You've been causig trouble agian haven't you" Garp thundered
"Shoulen't you of asked that before you hit us?" Psycho mumbled, smiling slightly at her come back.
Garp laughed Psycho definatly had her fathers sprit and stubornness, her grey eyes were fixed on him, stearing expectantly.
"Anyway, can you give this to Makino for me, I would do it myself but i'm in a bit of a rush" he handed Psycho a letter with 'Makino '' written across the front of the envelope, Psycho nodded.
"And where is Ace" Garp inquired, Psycho and Luffy shared a look, each hoping for the other to ancwer.
"He set sail a few months ago, to start his crew" Psycho siged giving in, Garps face twisted with anger.
"That brat, I can't believe he became a pirate!" Garp shouted, Luffy and Psycho flinced, he was sceary when he was angry.
"I have to go" Garp started back to the dock, grumbing something about arrogant kids and marines, and psycho could of sworn she herd somthing about pried for Ace following his dreams, but she couldnt be sure.
~~~~~~~X~~~~~~~
Psycho walked through the door of partys bar, the place was empty apart from Makino, who was standing behind the bar.
"Hello Psycho, can I help you with somthing" she greeted as Psycho walked into the room.
"No, I'm ok thanks, I just came to give you this" she handed Makino the letter
"Garandp asked me to give this to you" she explained.
"who's it from?" Makino saked taking the letter
"Huh, now you mention it, I didn't think to ask" she shrugged suprised she hadn't thought of asking.
Makino opened the letter reading it slowly, a small smile played at the corners of her mouth, and a slight blush colored her cheeks, she refolded the leter placing it in her pocket.
"So who is it from?" Psycho asked curisoty getting the better of her.
"Oh, no one, I mean someone but it doesn't matter" Makino blurted out, Psycho raised an eyebrow at her questioningly.
"Is that so..." she chukled at Makinos' attempt to cover up her enbarrasment, before she could call Makino out on her lie, the doors of the bar were swung violently open revealing a large, rough looking man wearing black ripped trousers tucked into long brown boots, he had no shirt on revealing sevral long scars down his stomach and across his chest, he had short blond hair and stubble. He was followed by five other similar looking men.
"hey sweatheart, give us a drink" he said in an obnoxious voice that irratated Psycho.
"Of corse gentlemen what may I get you" she asked kindly painting on a smile
"I dont care, what ever you got beautiful" the man sneered
"Yes, of corse" Makino turned around to grab a few bottles of sake for the men, as she leaned over the letter in her pocket became visable, Psycho strained her eyes to see what is said.
S...H... she read through the paper, however she coughed causing her to lose focous, Makino turned around before she could read anymore.
Makino placed 4 bottles of sake on the table infront of the men who had sat down
"Here you go gentlemen" she said through a smile that Psycho could see was obviously put on, one of the men grabbed Makinos butt, she swiped his hand away and to her relife he moved it.
Psycho giggled quitly when Makino returned to the bar.
"They seem lovely " she wispered, Makino chuckled.
*SMASH*
Both girls looked around slightly startled by the sound, one of the Pirates had dropped a bottle on the floor.
"Oops, sorry sweatheart" he leered
"No problem, i'll clean it up right away" Makino said in a polite voice, as she turned around to get a cloth Psycho tryed once again to read who the letter in Makinos pocket was from.
S...H...A... she read, but once again Makino turned around before she could finsh reading the name.
"Damn it" Psycho mumbled to herself.
Makino crouched down to clean the reminants of the sake bottle off the floor, as she stood up the man with the scars snaked is arm around Makinos waist pulling her so she was sitting on his lap, she tryed standing up but he pulled her back again.
"Why in such a rush sweethart" the pirate mocked, he lent in so his face was just centimeters from her's.
"I'm sorry but I'm not intrested, please let me go" Makino said politly attempting to stand up again, but the pirate held her tight.
Psycho rolled her eyes, this happend more then is should, and she was about to cause trouble for the second time in one day.
"Excuse me gentlemen, if you don't let the lady go I will have to make you leave" Psycho stood up, directing a glare at the pirate that held Makino.
"Did you hear that men?, this little girl is gonna make ME leave" he shouted in amusement at his crew, he stood up pushing Makino to the side and striding towards where Psycho stood.
"What do they call you little girl" he sneered
"Psycho" she ancwred painting on her most childish smile
"Well Psycho, you see these..." he pointed to the scars across his chest.
"...these are from all the fights i've been in" he said a snarl in his voice
" If you where any good you wouldn't have quite so meny sacrs" she said with a sweet voice.
"What was that girl!" The man bellowed
"I said, if you where any good at fighting, you wouldn't have so meny scars" she repeated calmly, the mans face twisted in anger.
The man reached behind his back, pulling out two small axes, he steped towards Psycho swinging them angrily, psycho douged under his attack, she slipped behind him kicking him in the back causing him to stumble fowards.
"That was just luck kid!" he growled
"Right, luck" she mocked
The captian lept fowards kicking out at Psycho, just as she went to jump back she coughed, the small loss of focous resulted in the kick catching her face and sending her flying a few meters sideways, recovering she saw the captain swing one of the axes again, she stepped backwards avoiding it again, she caught his arm before he could draw it back to his body. Psycho twisted the mans arm causing him to drop one of his axes.
The fight lasted only a matter of minuits, Psycho managed to knock the man to the gorund and from there she managed to throw him and his crew outside. once the whole crew was outside, and rather unconcious, Psycho searche the men for anything interesting, she found a small book-like thing full of wanted posters that she stole and she took the axes the captian had been using.
"And I didn't even use my devil fruit powers" she stated walking back inside the bar to help Makino clean up the mess she was partly responasable for.
"Sorry Makino" she apoligised picking up a table that had been knocked over in the fight.
"Don't worry about it, you alwasy help me, so a bit of a tidy up afterwards is really no trouble" Makino smiled.
~~~~~~~X~~~~~~~
Psycho sat on the deck of the ship in the bay, she flicked through the wanted posters she had stolen off the pirates eirler, there where alot of names she didn't reconigse, and a few she did, she came across 'Red hair shanks' and couldn't help remembering Luffy face when he spoke of him, she chuckled to herself.
"i'll thank him one day" she thought to herself, making a mentle note.
Psycho flicked thorugh, poster by poster, she couldn't help stopping on a poster of a young man, the poster was torn away just below the picture, the mans name and bounty was gone but his picture was fully in tact, the man was young, eirly 20s she would of gussed, he had faint shadows below his eyes that sugessted a lack of sleep, in the picture he was smiling? No smirking despite the ovious chaios surounding him, he had short messy dark hair, sidburns and a goatee.
However the thing that struck Psycho was the man's eyes, they where a steely grey, they looked cold but Psycho could see somthing else, a sort of kindness and understanding, like he had seen true pain. Psycho couldn't help staring at the poster, the man facinated her, but she couldn't figure why, she shook her head casting away the thought, it didn't matter, he was a random, just a picture in a book.
Psycho continued flicking through the posters, to her suprise as she turned the last page she saw :
Wanted
dead or alive
Portgas.
She coughes then smiled a wave of pride for her brother washed over her as she studied the poster, Aces grin was center of the photo, he looked so happy.
"Not wasting ant time are you Acey?" Psycho laughed
