It was another uneventful day on the seas, but at least the weather was nice. So I found myself stretched over the end of a cannon backwards and trying to touch the floor with my fingers. The cannon was in the back of the ship where everyone had gathered. Nami sat in a lawn chair reading something. Usopp sat near the railing messing with something. Zoro was asleep on the roof of the cabin. The only one not present was Luffy, but he had dismissed himself and run off somewhere into the ship. I took a deep breath before letting it out as loudly as I could. It not only seemed to convey how boring sitting here was, it also allowed me to finally brush my fingertips against the deck.
"Hey Usopp?" I asked. He continued working on whatever it was in front of him. He had his back to me and I couldn't see what he was working on. "Hey Usopp!" I called again. Now it was like he was ignoring me. "Hey Sniper Nose!" I yelled. This got his attention. He grunted and turned to glare at me.
"What do you want?" He grunted at me.
"Let's play another game. I have a perfect one in mind." He growled and turned away.
"No way I'm playing another game with you. You find ways to cheat in your own games." He stated.
"It is not cheating. I just find loopholes. It's truly up to the other person to find the hole in the game or not. You are just one of those people who can't find the holes." I shrugged.
"Yeah, right. I'll just get beat again." He waved me off.
"Are you still hung up on the art contest? I was the rightful winner, Nami and Zoro can agree. Both pictures are up in the kitchen, so if we get another crew member they can choose which one they like better." I commented.
"You won by cheating!" He yelled.
"I said we both paint Luffy. I didn't say when. Using my imagination, I painted Luffy in the future with his crew. It wasn't my fault that you just painted him." I told the man. "If it bothers you so much you can decide on a game." He was silent for a moment.
"Can't, I'm busy." He stated. I groaned and pushed my feet off the ground. They fell back to the floor with a thump. It was completely silent for another few minutes. The silence continued. It went on, and on, and on, and on... Where was Luffy? He had vanished sometime ago. I heard a steady amount of grunts and looked over at the stairs to see Luffy. He was carrying a large box with 'DANGER' written on the sides and it looked heavy. He proceeded to drop it, surprising everyone except for Zoro and I since he was asleep and I had seen Luffy. Luffy leaned on the box for support.
"Sucker's heavy." He grunted, out of breath.
"What the hell is that?" Nami exclaimed.
"It looks like fun!" I stated, pushing myself up to sit on the cannon. I stared at the box in awe.
"Found it in the store room." Luffy continued. With a closer look, I noticed that it held lots of cannon balls.
"It's a crate full of cannon balls." Nami told us.
"We gonna shoot some?" I asked intently.
"I figured since we have our own cannon now, we can get in some target practice." He motioned to the cannon I sat on.
"Just leave the cannoning to me." Usopp proclaimed, a mood change from earlier. Meanwhile, Luffy walked over and we both began examining the cannon.
"So, how do you work this thing?" Luffy asked, rubbing his head. I poked at a screw sticking out of a wheel.
"Well, there's gotta be a fuse. What do we do to reload it after it's been shot?" I questioned. I heard Usopp yell something. I was never taught how to use a cannon because my dad always thought I would get myself hurt if I knew.
"Zoro!" Luffy called up to the sleeping swordsmen. "You know how to shoot this?" He gave no answer, and I barely saw him over the edge of the roof.
"Asleep. The guy sleeps constantly." Nami told us. She was now reading a map.
"How can someone sleep so much?" I wondered aloud.
"He's no fun." Luffy stated, I nodded in agreement.
"Y'know, just to the south of here is a reef that would make for some excellent target practice." I looked over at Nami.
"Let's go!" Luffy yelled above me.
"Sniper Nose! How about a round of shooting practice!" I called to Usopp.
"You won't be able to beat me this time!" He agreed. I knew I wouldn't beat him, his father was Yasopp the greatest sniper I knew. Like the saying goes: like father, like son. In all honesty, I just wanted to let him have a win.
"Let's hurry up!" I yelled running towards the front of the ship. I leaned forward over the bow. Within no less than thirty or so minutes we came in sight of the reef. We pulled up at a fair distance from a giant rock. I jumped to the back of the ship to find them loading the cannon.
"You first, Luffy." Luffy aimed at the far away rock and loaded the cannon. We fired it with a giant bang. It whistled as it flew away and caused water to explode up from where it landed. It hit really far away from the rock we were aiming at.
"That was way off the mark." Luffy commented. I pushed him out of the way and began aiming to the left since Luffy's shot ended up way to the right. I began loading it when Zoro popped his head up.
"Hey! What's so loud down there?" Zoro questioned.
"Cannon firing practice." Luffy and I replied at the same time. I shoved the cannon ball into the cannon and made sure it was aimed where I wanted it. I lit the fuse and the ball launched out of the cannon. I watched at it barely missed the top of the rock.
"But it's not going very well." Luffy stated after watching my shot.
"What!? I was so close!" I exclaimed, holding the sides of my head in anguish.
"Let the expert aim the thing." Usopp proclaimed, he pointed a thumb at his chest. "Judging by the flying distance of the last two, this should do it." Usopp finished adjusting the cannon. I walked over and collapsed beside Nami's chair as his cannon ball went flying off.
"Awesome! You hit that thing on the first try!" Luffy exclaimed. Nami reached down and ran a hand through my hair.
"Sad that you lost?" She asked, brushing the hair from my eyes.
"Not really. I knew he was going to win from the start. I'm just really bored now." I let out an exasperated sigh.
"Well, you could go make us lunch. I heard Luffy say that your cooking's good." She told me, putting down what she was reading. I held up my hands for her to see.
"See these." I pointed to a few specific scars on my hands. "They're all scars from burns, cuts, and such. Most of the time I mess up somehow and end up with at least a cut or a burn." I stated, lowering my hand. "Besides, Luffy will eat anything so just because he says I can cook doesn't mean I can."
"You're gonna be cooking!" Luffy exclaimed, he ran over and pulled me to my feet. "Can you make me something with meat?!"
"No, I'm not gonna cook." I told him, a scowl on my face.
"Nope, you're gonna make me meat!" He threw me over his shoulder and began carrying me to the kitchen. I kicked his chest and punched his back.
"Let me go! Let me go!" I screamed to no avail. He carried me into the kitchen and set me down in front of him. I glared holes into him as I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Come on! Please! For me?" He pleaded, giving me a look that he knew I couldn't resist. I groaned and pushed him away. I walked past him and over to the stove.
"Just this once, got it." I growled. I picked up a wooden spoon and aimed it at him. He nodded and I moved on. Before I began cooking anything, everyone had swarmed in and was getting in the way. I couldn't reached the stuff in the fridge cause Zoro was asleep against it and everyone else was taking up the space on the table.
"Are any of you even hungry?" I asked, looking over all of them. Everyone shook their head, but Luffy began waving his arms around like a freak.
"I want meat!" He exclaimed.
"Meat is too hard to make." I turned around and grabbed an apple, which I then threw at him. "Eat this." I stated before walking over and sitting beside Nami, opposite Luffy and Usopp.
"I'll humor you for now." Usopp continued a conversation from earlier. "But, the second you do something cowardly I'm taking your post."
"I can live with that." Luffy replied.
"That's never gonna happen Usopp." I told the Sniper.
"You know guys, I was thinking. There's one other position we have to fill before we can head out for the Grand Line." Luffy said.
"You're right, the kitchen is really nice on this ship. Just, pay me and I'll do it." Nami told him, nonchalantly.
"I suppose it is vital for long trips." Zoro added groggily.
"Wait for it." I whispered to Nami who gave me a look.
"No decent pirate ship should be without it…" Luffy continued. "A musician." Luffy declared.
"Gah! Are you an idiot?" Zoro groaned.
"What do you think we're doing out here?" Nami questioned.
"Just when I thought you were going to say something smart." Usopp mumbled.
"He's right though! My dad had a musician on his ship." I sided with Luffy.
"But we're pirates and pirates sing a lot, didn't you know?" Luffy continued trying to support his statement.
"I think what they were trying to get at was a chef." I told Luffy.
"Speaking of… You want us to pay you for making us food! I can't believe that you'd think we would do that!" Zoro yelled at Nami's earlier statement.
"That's completely ridiculous!" Nami laughed, everyone else was silent. What was she planning? The silence continued for another moment after her laugh. "Well, I certainly wouldn't charge Takara. Zoro, I'm appalled you would think I would do it!" Nami stated. I broke into laughter. Of course, why hadn't I seen that coming? I heard the boys groan at the fact.
"We need someone more professional." Zoro mentioned.
"Besides, Takara's already our negotiator and my first mate." Luffy stated. "She is really good at singing though."
"Luffy!" I growled, slamming my hands on the table and pushing myself towards him. There was a loud crash outside and we all turned to look at the door.
"Get out here you damn pirates!" A man yelled at us from outside.
"Hey! A visitor!" I exclaimed as more smashing sounds were heard. I ran to the door, but was pulled out of the way by Luffy who went in front of me.
"Hey, what the hell!? Who're you?" He asked once he opened the door. I peered over his shoulder to see a man with black hair. He had a tattoo on his face and sunglasses. Luffy stepped out then slammed the door in my face. I was then pushed away from the door by Nami and Usopp who took the space needed to look out the window. There was indistinguishable shouting and smashing.
"What's going on!?" I yelled jumping up and trying to look past their big heads to see what was going on outside.
"Hey, guys. How many are there?" Zoro chimed in. More sounds of destruction echoed from outside.
"Uh... One." Nami replied, eyes glued to the outside.
"Then just let him handle it." Zoro told us.
"I still wanna see!" I whined. No matter where I went I couldn't see passed a head of fluffy black and a head of orange. After more smashing and shouting I gave up and collapsed onto one of the benches. I heard Zoro get up, but I didn't pay it much mind. I watched as he pushed past the two at the door and out onto the deck. The door closed behind him.
"What's going on now?" I asked, bored again.
"I think Zoro knows the guy out there." Usopp told me.
"I wanna go meet him!" I exclaimed pushing up and trying to get past the two.
"No, you stay here. I'll let you out in a minute." Nami declared. With that the two managed to slip out onto the deck. I went to turn the knob and follow, but it didn't move… THEY LOCKED ME IN! I banged on the door and looked out at the two standing on the other side.
"Why can't I come with you!?" I yelled in between bangs. I watched the two move their lips, but no sound came out. I growled lowly and glared at them through the window. They were gonna pay for this.
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