Chapter 3: Captain Cannon bandit

Somebody grabbed my shoulder and I screamed my lungs out. Then he placed a hand on my mouth preventing me from screaming or talking for that matter. Then the person behind me started whispering. "Stop screaming. We have to move into the forest. The house over there in the headquarters of some bandits and they probably heard you. I am going to move my hand and we move towards the woods." He moved his hand and we ran into the forest and just in time. Once we hid behind some brushes someone came out of the small house. He looked around for a bit than returned into the house.

Now I could see the face of my savior. He had a bit longer black hair with violet tips and violet eyes he was wearing a black leather jacket with what looked like scratch on it they wore purple and had purple buttons. He also had black bracelets with a violet X on both arms and black pants. "Thanks for the save."

He turned to me for a moment, smiled and said "No problem. My name is Aksel by the way."

"My name is Kate. So what are you doing all the way out here?" I said my eyes firmly planted on the bandits' hideout.

"Shouldn't I be asking you that question?" He said losing the smile.

"Hey I just got to the island and it's easy to get lost."

"And you just happen to wonder straight to there HQ. you sure have some bad luck" he mumbled the last part under his breath, but I could still hear it.

"Well, what are you doing here then?"

"They stole my dog."

"Dog? Why would bandits still your mutt?" I said and stood up.

"Don't call him a mutt!" must have hit a nerve there. "And it's because they want to become pirates and I refused to built them a ship"

I started laugh. I tried not to, but it seemed really funny to me at least. "They…ha…ha… seriously want to…ha…to become pirates?"

He grinded his teeth together. "Why are you laughing!" he said loud enough to scared a few of the birds that wore hinging out in the trees above.

"Sorry…ha ,but when I imagine a bandit on a ship his puking over the railing."

"…"I guess he still doesn't the funny side of this.

"So what are you going to do? Charge in there? Do you have a plan?" Kate asked finally stopped laughing and looked surprisingly serious.

Aksel looked at the ground and said. "I'm still working on that."

"Okay tell me when you remembered something."

"Why don't you just go home or something?"

"Don't feel like it, besides even if I would, with my luck I would end up back hire any way." Just then the door of the house opened and a eleven guys came out. One of them said "Let's go see, if he changed his minde."

Another guy said "And if he hasn't we can just beat him up till he does."

"Nobody touches him. After all what good is a shipbuilder with broken hands." said a big guy. He looked like there leader. He was big and ugly. Instead of his right arm he had a… I think it's a cannon they started walking of and soon disappeared in the woods.

"Was the ugly big guy there leader?" I asked looking from behind the bushes we wore located at.

"Yee, his one of the Cannon brothers. I heard that a bounty hunter called Zoro beat one of them and he got really pissed off because of it."

"He's not a bounty hunter." Said Kate.

Aksel looked at her and asked "What?" he was really confused.

"Moss head isn't a bounty hinter."

"Moss head?"

I shined he was still pity much confused. I tried to change the topic "So how many bandits are there?"

He was silent for a while then said. "All in all there are thirty-four membors. Minus the sixteen that left earlier and the eleven that left now there are still seven left."

Kate thought for a awhile "That isn't that many. Come on let's go." I stood up and started going towards the house.

"Wait, where are you going?"saked Aksel and stood up as well.

I looked back at him "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to the house." I said and continued walked towards the house. leaving a confused Aksel behind.

"Kate! Kate!" Aksel shoutingly-whispered.

But I didn't listen. I was almost at the door now and Aksel was still in the bushes. I knocked three times and guy with brown hear opened the door. He was wearing a simple shirt that was really dirty and shorts and he had a wicked smile on his face "Excuse me I got a little lost can you tell me where I am?" I asked.

"O, cours'. Way don't you just come in and rest for a vile then I will point you in the direction of the village." He motioned for me to come inside.

"That sounds nice." I stepped into the dark room. As Aksel said there wore seven people inside besides a lot of chairs and a table a few beds and a big cage in the corner. I'm guessing they don't just lock dogs in there. There was a dog inside. He looked like a husky but had a violet cross on his front legs… or paws or whatever. He didn't look happy that he was in the cage.

"Now who is this?" asked on of the bandits looking at me.

"My name is Kate. I got lost and you're friend hire was nice enough to let me in and show me the right way."

"Yee he really is a nice guy." said one of them. Every bandit is there smiled.

"O, you have a puppy in here." I walked over to the cage.

"Yee, but you sould be careful he bites." said one of them.

"He doesn't look mean. Can I open the cage?"

"Yee, but if it bites you, don't go blaming me." said one of them.

"But Alex…" said one of them

"No buts. Tsame put me in charge, now if you have a problem at that do tell." said the guy. I guess his name is Alex.

I opened the cage and the dog growled a bit, then stopped I guess he could smell Aksel or something.

Meanwhile about a hundred meters away from the house…

"We're lose aren't we?" asked Zoro.

"No, we just don't know where we are currently located." said Ronald.

"Didn't you say, you know you're way around here like the back of you're pocketsor something?"

"Yee, I know my way around here like the back of my pockets. The only problem is…I don't have any pockets." Zoro just faceplamed asking himself how he got himself into this mess. They walked for awhile longer then noticed Aksel who was standing behind the bushes still thinking to go or not to go to the house.

"Hey kid, did you see a girl go through hire?" asked Zoro.

He startled Aksel who jumped to the floor thinging it was one of the bandits.

"Didn't mean to scare you, but did you by any chance see a girl go through here."

Aksel realizing he wasn't in any immediate danger stood up and said "You mean Kate. She went in there." he pointed towards the house and Zoro and Ronald went towards it.

"Where are you going? That's the Cannon bandits HQ." he said s bit freaked out.

Ronald looked back at him and said "So you're point is." Reciving no received from him he turned around and continued walking towards the house. "Could of she gotten herself into more trouble?"

"Of course she could of found. She could get herself a hostage by some pirates." Said Zoro who was close behind.

They walked towards the house and Aksel soon followed them.

At the same time Kate was still inside when somebody noticed the bounty hunter. "Hey guys, the guy that took down Tsame had green hair and three swords right." I went towards the window and looked out.

"Yee that's him, if by Tsame you mean one of the Cannon brothers." They all looked at me. "What? News travels fast."

"You guys go get him I'll stick back hire for a while." said Alex. They went to the door and as they opened it the dog ran out. "Don't let the dog get away or the boss is going to kill us!" scouted Alex and tried to catch him again, but the dog was long gone.

Ronald, Zoro and Aksel were now in front of the house and a dog emerged from it, quickly followed by six bandits. Aksel bent down and hugged the dog as Ronald and Zorro prepared for battle.

Two of the pirates pulled out swords and charged Zoro, who pulled out two swords and blocked there attack. Then he slashed at one and hit the other with the hilt on the head. Two down four to go.

Two swordsmen attacked Ronald too. He pulled out his sword and slashed at the first, then blocked the hit from the second and as he did so a third wonted to hit him from behind but Zorro knocked him out with the hilt of his blade. Ronald quickly finished the guy. Five down one to go.

The last guy went for Aksel and his dog. Aksel pulled two knifes from his pockets and blocked the blade as the dog bit the bandit's leg. He dropped his sword and after the dog let go started hopping on one leg. Aksel hit him on the head and the guy collapsed.

"I that every one?" asked Zorro

"No there is one more inside and twenty-seven that aren't hire right now." said Aksel.

"You sure know a lot about them."

Just as he said that Kate and Alex came out of the house and Alex put a knife to her throat. "Don't move or she is going to get it."

"Kate!" said Aksel.

"Could you get yourself into any more trouble?" asked Ronald sarcastically.

I looked around for a bit and then said "O, hey guys. Of course I could have gotten myself into more trouble. The other twenty-seven member could be hire now or the guy that was holding me hostage wouldn't be a dummy."

"What…" Alex wanted to say something but was interrupted as I hit him in the stomach with my elbow. He stumbled back a few feet then I spun around and kicked him hard in his head. I walked over to them.

"Now who do we have here." said someone and everyone's attention got focused on him. It was that guy with cannon for his arm.

"That's the guy. What was him name again? Tusme maybe? Tames, on. O that's right its Tsame one of the Cannon brothers. And the rest of the bandits. Just my luck."