Shade- Chapter 6 is here!

People- Dude, what happened, we were asleep

Shade- O.O

People- What?

Shade- I was wondering where you went… Warning before you read, there is slight swearing cuz there's a fight.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece.

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Chapter 6: Setting Sail

Monoka had nodded off in her chair for several minutes but she was quickly awakened again by yells outside of the ship.

"I remember! I saw her get into one of these ships last night!"

"Which one?"

"I don't know, I was drunk!"

"We'll search them all then!"

Then, a large crashing and the sound of wood splitting could be heard. By now, Monoka was wide eyed, recognizing the voice. She stood up and walked out of the room just as others on the ship were too. Sanji and Zoro walked in front of her, she looked inside the room and saw the others sleeping. She raised an eyebrow at how they could sleep through this noise. At this point, screams of the townspeople was filling the area and she heard Hibo even wake up. She stood slightly dumbfounded. No one she had ever seen could out sleep Hibo. What strange people. Just then, Nami walked out of her room with a face that showed she wasn't in a good mood.

"What the hell's going on?!" She turned down the hall toward the stairs and could hear Sanji yell down to her "There are people tearing up the port!" Her angry face dropped to surprise and she sprinted out into the morning sun right after yelling for the others to 'get their asses up'. They did.

"What's going on?" Luffy stood in the doorway sleepy eyed with Usopp behind him looking just as tired. They looked at Monoka who just shrugged and said "Um…" Nami yelled once more for them to come up and there was panic in her voice. "They're destroying ships," was the last part she said and that was enough to get them running up.

"What's going on Monoka?" Hibo had walked out of the room rubbing his eyes and yawning. Monoka bit her lip and just told Hibo to go back inside the room and close the door. Once he was inside, Monoka made her way up the stairs to the deck, but she stayed low as to not be seen.

"Get the ropes! Usopp! Open the sail! Sanji, steer us out!" Nami was running around the ship trying to get everything they needed squared away. There was a large group of men jumping onto the ships in the port and were pillaging the ships and setting them on fire.

"You think you can set Forester Wales on fire?! You got another thing coming bitch!" Screams and yells could be heard from two ships down and the crazed men were jumping off and going to the next ship looking for Monoka.

Monoka was wide eyed as she saw the man that hit on her leading the other men. His face was puffy and red and just looked like the wax of a burning candle. If he had a right mind he would have that thing wrapped up and healing, but his ego was more important apparently. He stayed on the ground as his men jumped up and seized the ship next to them rather quickly.

"Come on!" Nami was down right scared now. The other ships were burning and she could see the dead bodies of people who were on them. Zoro was almost finished with pulling the anchor up and there was one last rope that had to be untied. He got to it and started to pull but something restrained him from getting it into the ship.

"Hiding something?"

Zoro stared down and saw the twisted smile of a man whose face seemed to be melting right in front of his head. He was gripping tightly onto the rope, not allowing the ship to sail out of port. Zoro looked behind the man and saw others grinning toothily with sticks that were lit on fire. Without hesitation, Zoro let go of the rope with one of his hands and slid a sword out of its sheath from his belt.

"I'd let go if I were you." Zoro stared down at him with a look of disgust at what this guy and his men just did to the other innocent ships. However, the man known as Forester Wales just chuckled and pulled down on the rope which caused the whole ship to tip to the side. Zoro almost slipped out but held his grip tightly. Gritting his teeth, he gripped his sword tighter and had a shaking arm.

"Burn it." The two words Forester said, prompting his men, ended up prompting Zoro to act. Before any of the other men could take a step toward the ship, Zoro swung his free arm down. A yell erupted above all the others and the Going Merry kicked back into the swing of the ocean, and started to float away as it was no longer challenging the force of Forester's hold on their last rope.

The rope swung over the side of the ship, cut short so they could get out. It had blood on its tip. The scream that had bellowed out just moments before was Forester's. He had dropped to his knees holding tightly onto his wrist. His red, stump of a wrist.

As the Going Merry sailed away, tension on the boat finally started to rest. Even though the men still on land were yelling at them, shaking their flaming sticks, they felt that they were finally safe. Monoka then stood full figure out on the deck and looked back at the port. She stared at the scene. The fire that lined the docks captivated her, and she couldn't take her eyes off of it. She slowly walked forward and let the side stop her. She was too preoccupied with staring at the fire that she forgot she was now visible to the men on land.

"Hey! It's her! It's that bitch!" At the words, the whole crew of the Going Merry turned and stared at Monoka. Her eyes were just as wide as theirs as she watched some of the burning stick wielding men run closer to the side of the port and throw them as hard as they could.

Several sticks came flying through the air straight for the Going Merry. As everyone else watched in horror of what could happen if the flames connected, Monoka acted on impulse and jumped up onto the railing. She caught several of the sticks before they could hit the ship and jumped up to get one that was flying over her head. She landed back down on the railing with ease and stared back at the port full of angry men. As the flames started to creep closer to her hands, she tossed the sticks into the sea, putting out their flames.

Still staring back at the flames that reached for the sky, Monoka paid no attention to the crew of the Going Merry who were all staring at her. She still stood on the railing of the ship even as the boat swayed in the waves without so much as losing her balance. The livid men back on shore were still yelling profanities at her as they sailed away but she only focused on the man named Forester. She looked down and saw his blood on the rope and instantly knew that Zoro had cut his hand off. She opened her mouth, about to say something, but she was quickly cut off.

"What the hell did you do?!" Nami ran at her screaming and wrapped her hands around Monoka's ankles and pulled. Monoka's face distorted into fear as she fell under the pull of Nami's grip and her stomach connected with the railing where her feet had just been. With the wind knocked out of her, she slumped to the floor of the ship and grabbed her stomach in pain. Her eyes were wide, however, in pure anger at what Nami had done.

"Don't ever touch me like that!" Monoka stood up and tried to run at Nami but was quickly restrained by Zoro who was still standing at the side of the ship from before. He wrapped his arms around hers so she couldn't lash out and punch anybody. She jumped up still livid and tried to get out of his grip but it was too strong. Nami then tried to do the same thing and run at Monoka but she was pulled back by Sanji in the blink of an eye.

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Why do you make trouble wherever you go?!" Nami was twisting in Sanji's grip trying to get out as well. She was gritting her teeth in anger as she looked at Monoka and was imagining the ways she could beat the living day light out of her.

"Don't blame me for the shit those bastards did!" Monoka started to push her feet off of the ground, trying to make Zoro's grip on her loosen. Her doing this caused him to have to take steps back to keep his balance while Monoka was bumping up into his face. He hit the side of the ship on her third try.

"Stop!" He yelled. His voice boomed out loudly and had some effect as Monoka stopped jumping, but she continued to struggle in his grip, twisting. However, her doing this just made him hold on tighter and put pressure on her torso. This made Monoka collapse a little bit since her breathing was off now.

"What did you do to them anyways?!" Sanji was still holding tight onto Nami who now looked like a rabid dog with red in her eyes. She was stronger than he expected and had to hold on tighter and tighter.

"I burned the fucker's face off, that's what I did!" When Monoka said this, Zoro's face became surprised and his grip loosened just enough for Monoka to break out. Once this happened, everyone expected her to pounce on Nami but she didn't. Monoka stood there breathing heavily and just looked at Nami with hate filled eyes. She started to walk closer to Nami but Sanji dragged her away and Zoro went back to grab her but Monoka got out of the way. Nami jutted her feet forward and tried to kick her but Monoka just swatted her legs away like they were flies and her feet hit the floor with a loud thunk. Then, as Monoka got even closer now, Luffy made his presence known and stood between Monoka and Nami with his arms outstretched to his sides to block her path. He stared straight at Monoka with a look that didn't exactly show anger, but some type of sympathetic warning. Monoka paused and stopped walking to look Luffy in the eyes. He looked serious but also sad. Monoka kept looking into his eyes, and her breathing started to settle as her heart rate returned to normal. Then, she looked straight at Nami who had calmed down as well, and said what she wanted to say.

"Never, and I mean never, touch me like that." She paused and took several more large breathes before continuing. "If you want to blame me for what happened back there, go on ahead, I couldn't care less about your opinions. But if you feel the need to physically hurt me, don't expect to not get fire in return." Monoka emphasized the word fire, and looked into Nami's eyes for a mere second more before walking off back toward her room. As she did, she passed a sleepy eyed Chopper at the top of the stairs.

Chopper yawned and asked while rubbing his eyes, "What's going on?"

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Shade- I want this one to be short so it is short. I never meant for Monoka and Nami to hate each other, it just sort of came out that way while I was writing ' I might fix it but I don't feel like I'll try and make them the best of buds in coming chapters. Anyways, please review and I'll update!