Disclaimer: Blah blah blah, I do not own One Piece, but I own Ame & Yuki Kokotsu, Chimatsu, and Takashi. ENJOY!
Peach Pearls
By Mischievous Sin
Chapter 2: Operation OJ
"What took you so long?"
"We ran into some pirates!"
"Don't give me that. You were already running late anyways, weren't you?"
"Yup!"
"SHE DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW THAT!!!"
Chimatsu wore her ever-so-innocent grin on her face. She was always like that, always innocent, because she was like a doll. Chimatsu was small, about 4 feet 11 inches tall, and had an almost unusually pale skin tone. She had semi-short, purple hair and she wore an eye patch over her right, dark blue eye, only God knows why. As for her attire, she wore a white short-sleeved shirt with a black, sleeveless vest over it, a striped tie, short shorts, and lace up sandals.
Ame and Yuki Kokotsu glared helplessly at her, though after a minute, they both sighed in defeat. The twins were always like that, always doing the same thing and thinking the same thing. Looking at them, they were like reverse mirror images. Ame's hair was parted to the right and was mostly blue with some white streaks; Yuki's hair was parted to the left and was mostly white with some blue streaks. The two both had fair skin and wore a simple white tank top and blue jeans with green and black sneakers. They were basically the same in their own different way, but their personalities were equally devilish.
Takashi, though, was the most mature of all, the leader, no doubt. She was the tallest, smartest, and maybe even the strongest of the four, but, in a way, she was also a bit impatient and stubborn. She had short, black hair with messy bangs that hung slightly over her brown eyes. Her black shorts, long-sleeved black shirt that went over her hands, and black shoes covered most of her tan skin. It always crossed the others' minds as to how she didn't get hot in the middle of the desert. She also carried two swords hidden in black sheathes that crisscrossed on her back. She was, and is, usually never seen without them.
"W-well, whatever," Yuki and Ame stuttered, trying to get out of their current situation. "We're all here so let's just get on with the operation, right?"
Takashi nodded, dropping the whole problem.
"Well, you know your positions and targets," she said, pointing to the map of the town they were currently in. "We'll begin when we're set and when I give the signal."
"Right!" The rest shouted. "Let's go!"
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"IT'S DAAARK!!!" [Usopp
"How did we ever end up in this mess?" [Zoro
"Thanks for breaking my fall, Chopper." [Nami
"Huh? But I'm right here." [Chopper
"Right where?" [Nami
"That was ME you fell on…" [Zoro
"THIS IS SO COOL!!!" [Luffy, of course
Sanji was getting annoyed. Being in the dark was not so much a bad thing, if he was alone with Robin and Nami, he thought, but instead he was stuck with the whole crew, idiots and all. With his patience thinning, the cook took out one of his cigarette matches out of his shirt pocket and lit it so that he and the others could somewhat see what was going on.
The crew had fallen a good distance from the surface into a hollow stone pit. Usopp was screaming, Chopper was sitting on the floor rubbing his head and checking to see if everyone else was all right, Luffy was busy running around the small area in search for some sort of adventure or cool thing that popped out of nowhere, and Zoro was lying on the ground face down with Nami sitting on his back.
'Wait a minute,' Sanji thought for a second as he watched his crewmates begin to collect themselves. 'Where is…?'
"Where are we?" Nami asked, looking around in the dim light.
"It looks like some stone pit/ruin almost," Zoro replied while rubbing his face after falling on it.
"G-g-guys," Usopp muttered. "W-we should p-probably try to g-g-get out of here as fast as p-possible."
As Usopp said this, he was subconsciously backing up into the wall, and when his back touched the wall, something moved and a part in the wall slid open to reveal a decayed skeleton, which happened to fall over Chopper. Chopper and Usopp both screamed and ran straight towards Sanj, causing him fall over with the match, and the light from the match disappeared.
"YOU IDIOTS!" Sanji shouted in the darkness while kicking them off of him. "NOW LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!"
"Just light another one," Nami said, not wanting to deal with all the screaming.
"AYE, NAMI-SWAN!!! …Eh, the matches packet is gone."
"NANI?!" Usopp wailed, clinging onto the closest thing next to him.
"Ah, found it!"
As Sanji lit the second match, Usopp turned to see who he was clinging to, but to his dismay, he was actually clinging to the skeleton. Once again, he and Chopper both screamed and ran over/into Sanji again, causing the light to go out… again.
"YOU IDIOTS!!!" Sanji shouted and kicked them away again. "That was my last match too…"
"What?" Nami shouted in disbelief. "P-please tell me you're kidding!"
"DON'T WORRY NAMI-SWAN! YOU CAN HOLD ONTO ME!"
"Ero-cook," Zoro muttered.
"What was that, Marimo?" Sanji spat back.
"We just have to break the top to get out of here, right?" Luffy's voice finally spoke up after realizing that there was really nothing interesting in the pit.
"GOMU GOMU NO… PISTOL!"
With that, Luffy's arm was sent flying towards the ceiling, but as soon as his hand touched the cover, a sudden weird feeling zapped him of his power, making his arm revert back without damaging the cover at all.
"What the heck?" Luffy mumbled after regaining his rubber ability.
"What is it?" Nami asked. "Did you hit it?"
"Yeah! But when I touched it, I felt really weird."
"It could possible be that sea stone stuff," Sanji sighed.
"WE'RE GONNA DIE!" Usopp and Chopper yelled in unison, but were soon quieted by Sanji.
"Hey!" Zoro shouted. "Why'd you hit me too?"
"Oh, that was you Marimo? Let me hit you a few more times then."
"Why you-"
Before Zoro could finish his sentence, light filled the pit, and everyone turned to the ceiling to see the only crewmember not in the chamber: Robin.
"ROBIN-CHWAN!!!" Sanji began, but was quickly silenced with a blow to the head by Nami.
"Robin, can you get us out of here?"
"Of course, Navigator-san."
In about 5 minutes, the crew was back on the outside, all thanks to Robin who earlier decided not to run up the sand dune when everyone else did. She had been distracted by what looked like the only shady area the whole island. Pointing it out, the crew turned the heads to see a thick, green, growing jungle to the west end of the island. Over the jungle was a thick bunch of clouds, creating refuge from the hot desert sun.
"What's a jungle like that doing in a desert like this?" Nami looked to Robin for the answer.
"Maybe it's the resort," Sanji daydreamed. "With all the beautiful women!"
"Shops galore," Nami chimed in. "Alright! Let's go!"
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"Yosh," Takashi murmured under her breath. "Everyone seems in place."
Takashi crouched down carefully as she looked over the targets one last time. Below her, in the cramp city streets, stood Chimatsu who was talking to a fruits and vegetables vender. On the building behind the fruits and vegetables stand, Ame and Yuki were waiting for the signal. When all was set, Takashi nodded to the twins, and they began to lower two grappling hooks.
"Is it hard being a fruit vender?" Chimatsu asked with a hint of interest in her eyes.
"Why of course, little one," the vender replied with a chuckle that made his chubby belly jiggle. "But we have it easier than most other businesses that try to sell things to passing tourists."
As the fat, moustache vender laughed and conversed with Chimatsu, the Kokotsus had already hooked the grappling hooks onto the sides of the oranges stand and were currently pulling up the basket full of oranges behind him.
"Ah, I bet you would like one of my oranges," the vender said, beginning to turn around.
"N-no!" Chimatsu shouted, grabbing his attention before he could see the missing basket. "I'm allergic to oranges."
Right as she finished her sentence, Ame and Yuki had finally finished pulling up the basket and were making their getaway. When Takashi saw this, she quickly took off after them.
"Ah! Sir! Your oranges are gone!" Chimatsu yelled, pointing to the missing basket behind him.
"W-what?!"
As soon as the vender turned around, Chimatsu had run off to make her getaway before he could stop her.
"Yosh," Ame said, carrying one side of the basket. "Another success."
"We did it," Yuki also said, carrying the other side. "I can't wait to eat these when we get back."
"It's not over yet," Takashi stated, running right behind them on the rooftops. "We still have to get out of here safely with Chimatsu too."
Ame and Yuki both nodded. As soon as the row of buildings ended, Ame and Yuki didn't slow down. Instead, they jumped, falling at least 2 stories up, but they were safely caught by a cloud that had formed under them.
"I'll meet you back at the base," Takashi said after jumping off the roof and also landing on a cloud before touching ground. "I'll go back and make sure Chimatsu's okay."
"Right, we got it!"
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"Wooooow, Sugoooooi!"
The jungle was not exactly what the Straw Hats were expecting. It was not as good as shops or resorts, maybe, but it was equally fascinating. They were now standing on top of a four-sided pyramid in the middle of a tropical forest. On top of the ruin were four separate one-room buildings on each corner with only a piece of cloth to cover the doorway.
"It's a base," Robin said, examining the rooms. "People must be living here."
"But why is it that this is the only area on the island that has clouds floating over it?" Nami asked, stopping to look at the sky. "It seems a bit strange that this is the only green spot on the entire island, especially when the island is practically an empty desert."
"Maybe the clouds are being manipulated. I've heard of people making inventions to manipulate clouds to make it rain or snow in a designated area."
"Manipulate clouds?! Well, I guess that's possible."
"Oiiii!"
Nami and Robin turned their head over to Luffy who was standing on top of one of the buildings. He seemed to be looking at something in the forest.
"Oiiii! Who are you?"
"Eh?" Two familiars voices exclaimed from the forest.
Ame and Yuki stood at the east entrance with one side of the orange basket in each hand. They stood dumbfounded at the familiar faces standing in their territory.
"Wha-" they stopped, placing the basket on the granite covered ground. "How'd you get out of the pitfall?! W-who do you think you are? How dare you come into our territory!"
"Ohhh, it's you guys from before? Ara, where's the smaller one?"
The twins didn't reply. Instead, they ran straight up the east stairs of the four-sided pyramid. Spreading out, the twins ran not at them, but past them. They didn't bother trying to make themselves hidden. In fact, they visibly ran past them, confusing them, and once they were past them, both of them jerked their arms away from the Straw Hats and watched them fall over altogether.
"W-WHAT WAS THAT?" Usopp shouted, pointing to the twins who had a smirk on their face. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
"We-" the twins replied, walking towards each other. "-are the Kokotsu twins: Ame Kokotsu and Yuki Kokotsu! You are now in the domain of the Blitz Ball Pirates!"
"NANI?!"
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Sin: Well, that's chapter 2! I hope it was somewhat more filling. :D
Kitty Lurv - Lol! I'm gonna start re-updating Lazzzy Days again, so you can enjoy both stories! XD Thank you for the support!!!
Sanji-kunZoro-san – Thank you! I hope you enjoy it! You know, I like the title too, but I don't really see what it has to do with the actual story… I kind of just typed up something that looked nice and used it for the title. Heheh!
Sin: Yosha! So I do hope you enjoyed it! Read and review! Reviews keep me going! BANZAI!!!