Okay guys phew sorry bought the lengthy intro of the new character but I kinda wanted to make him interesting well at least I thought he was. Knowing me he's probably really cliché oh well. Anyway the first part of the next chapter will be the rest of his intro and learning what his secret is blah blah he learns about the crew and decides to play cupid you get it I hope you do cause here you go. PS forgive me for the apparent Nico Angel pairing but as far as I can see there is no other person on board she'd go for she obviously is platonic with Zolo and holds Sanji in contempt.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ONE PIECE
The Second Chapter
With the Help of an Angel
Angel woke up slowly and felt kinda groggy; he looked around him utterly surprised he seamed to be in some sort of box then his memories came back to him. He was in a crows nest on a pirate ship owned and crewed by the Straw Hat Pirates "what a weird crew". Introductions had happened the night before and he learned about them some of their history and they hadn't yet learned his. He remembered what had happened.
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"So what's your story Angel" asked a slightly intoxicated Zolo, Angel hesitated he needed to think about them could he trust them. He waved the Swordsman off "I'll tell you in the morning when your sober and will remember". Nami and Robin had already retired for the evening, Usopp was sleeping under the table and chopper was a little giddy even though he'd only had one beer, the ships cook hadn't touched the alcohol "I really don't like that guy he's a lover boy, god hate those guys, Zolo's alright love his nickname for that damm Love cook" and the infamous captain had drank nearly as much as Zolo and Angel had but looked as alert as the cook. "Well that's it for me boys I'll see you all in the morning where everyone can get my story cya later boys" and with that he left. Angel went into the boys cabin and sat down on his designated hammock it was comfortable enough but he was used to sleeping outside so he left the room and went out on deck he looked around for a good place to sleep then he noticed the crows nest. "Now that looks like a good place to be" he proceeded to climb up to the nest when he reached the top he looked up at the night sky "Hmm different stars, maybe even though the stars are different I've found what I've always been looking for here family and hey I fit I'm a misfit too" with that thought he preceded to think about his crew. The captain Luffy loud, childish, funny, loyal, strong and stretchy and if Angels instincts where correct in love with a certain red headed navigator. That particular navigator feisty, young, vibrant, a nasty temper, probably not so good in a fight, certainly smart and loyal, defiantly hot but very much in love as well with the afore mentioned captain. "My kinda girl really plus she's in love already I'm not the kinda guy to ruin that, I'll help it though, Now that Robin my kinda woman but apparently uninterested oh well". Angel proceeded to finish of his train of thought, the Swordsman was pretty cool he could be insulting and derogatory but so could Angel, he supposed there would be some pretty nasty and stimulating verbal sparring matches in the future.
The cook would defiantly be ganged up on by Angel and the Swordsman, fawning on a woman is alright if that's your thing but fawning on all women all the time said some serious things about his loyalty as far as Angel was concerned. Usopp the sharpshooter, boy could that guy tell some tall tales, hardly believable but funny and entertaining guy could be a bit of a cry baby when hit but some of this crews stories proved his reliability. The talking deer Chopper was a bit of a surprise Angel felt a great affinity and friendliness towards the little tyke, he was also an able doctor as Luffy had shown of some of the wounds Chopper had healed, very impressive and so was the blush that lit up Nami's face when he lifted up his shirt. The final member of the crew Nico Robin, "boy does she have it in the right places" was apparently a Historian and was recently confirmed as the Chief Intelligence Officer. Angel had always had a liking of History and had asked to borrow a couple of her books to read later on.
After all the beer he had consumed as well as his late night musings had tired the big mans brain out he promptly laid down on his stomach and went to sleep.
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He sighed and was about to lean back when someone called out below "Hey Angel we're ready for your story now come down and tell us". Angel recognized the voice of Luffy. "Sure thing Luffy but can we do this outside", Luffy nodded and rushed inside to get the others. Angel listened intently, he had extremely good hearing and could hear the muffled voices of the crew even in the crows nest, a scuffle seemed to have broken out Angel chuckled to himself "Luffy must have woken someone up I hope it's the frigging cook". As soon as that thought finished itself he heard to door open and the crew shuffled out, Luffy looked as alert as usual, Nami and Robin seemed wide awake but the rest seemed to be nursing hangovers. "Okay I'll be right down" but suddenly a scream came from down below "MY HAT SOMEONE GET IT" Angel whipped round he saw that Luffy's Hat which was so important to him and been taken of by a strong wind and sent out over the water. "SOME BODY GET IT" Luffy apparently had forgotten how to use his stretching abilities and none of the rest of the crew could do anything "oh well now seems a good enough time" Angel pulled of his coat which he had never removed and also removed his shirt then leaped of the side of the crows nest.
Nami was in a panic, "stupid damm hat I don't care about it but its so important to Luffy that we have to get it back". Nami looked up as a shadow passed over her and out over the water, she gasped and reeled back and so did everyone else who noticed except for Luffy "whoa cool". Angel was flying, he grabbed the hat out of mid air and turned slowly gracefully back to the ship and landed a short distance from the crew. He tossed the hat to Luffy who put his treasured item back on his head. "I guess I've got some explaining to do", he smiled "Did you eat a cursed fruit like me?" exclaimed Luffy. Angel laughed and shook his head "If I had eaten a cursed fruit it would have given me more than wings" as he said this the wings on his back unfurled and stretched almost of their own will. Nami gasped again the wings where beautiful they where massive and raven black and appeared a little shiny. Then she noticed that Angel was shirtless she blushed but realized he affected her on a physical level not like when she'd seen Luffy, Nami shook her head she didn't want to think about that and didn't have to when Angel spoke up again. "I'll just go get my shirt then I'll tell you all about it ok" with that he leaped without the use of his wings to land perfectly 40 feet up on the crows nest. "WOAH COOL" Luffy cried out in unison with Usopp and Chopper. Nami turned to gauge the reactions of her crewmates. Robin seemed to be smiling to herself as if she knew all along, Sanji was muttering to himself something about 'bird brain' or something like that and Zolo was just waiting for Angel to come back down. Nami turned as something thumped on the deck near her, she wasn't so shocked this time Angel has jumped down from the crows nest. She saw that his long black cloak was in his hands as well as the long case he carried on his back, his black shirt was still on but had two slots down the back which allowed his wings to sit comfortably on his back but seemed to deny him full maneuverability. He smiled at them and promptly sat himself down on the deck while everyone else got comfortable. He sighed and began his tale.
"I never ate a cursed fruit, my—the people of that town have seen cursed fruit powers before and would have accepted me and not forced me out into the mountains when I was 12", he smiled sadly as the memories came back. "Wait" said Robin "you where forced out when you where 12? How could they do that to you?". Angel sighed "Like I said they considered me a freak because I was born like this with the wings though they only became flight capable when I was 12". Robin gasped and to everyone's surprise got up and ran into ship, she came back soon after with a book in her hands. "This book is on the history of the Grand Line" she opened the book and seemed to scan a page before flipping it open to a specific page "this passage describes an island where a race of people lived who could fly with wings on their backs they died out many years ago after a massive raid by pirates but they where first started out by children who where exiled there from all over who where born with wings". Robin paused as she continued to read "These children born outside the colony needed to be born under very specific conditions which are not currently known" Robin stopped and closed the book. "I'm sorry Angel that's all that's there but if you'd like I could research it some more", Angel gave her a big smile "The place doesn't exist I know who I am and who my friends are" he gestured to the rest of the crew who laughed or smiled "I don't need to know about others of my kind who are dead it doesn't matter but thanks for the offer Nico".
Luffy smiled, this Angel guy was cooler than he thought he was "Okay then so what do you want to do as part of the crew". Angel rubbed at his chin and looked up at Luffy "Well I was thinking of captain" he laughed and waved his hands to tell Luffy he was joking as Luffy raised his fists. "I've got excellent eyesight and hearing plus I find sleeping in the crows nest comfortable so I was thinking that I could be permanent look out". Luffy smiled "Okay that sounds really cool what's in that package" he gestured to the large oddly shaped cloth wrapped object Angel had lying next to him "Oh this is a guitar I taught myself how to play music while I was a kid and alone in the mountains", Luffy paused and suddenly jumped to his feet and yelled "YOU'RE A MUSICIAN" Angel nodded "WHOOHOO WE GOT A MUSCIAN I TOLD YOU WE NEEDED ONE PLAY SOMETHING RIGHT NOW PLEASE PLEASE" Angel seemed taken aback at this but pulled out the guitar and proceeded to strum a jaunty tune. "I heard this being played on a passing pirate ship once it seems to fit" he said with a smile everyone began to tap their toes or nod their heads or do the things most people do when their listening to a song they like.
Later that day
After everything had settled down after Angel's revelation and song playing, everyone was doing their own thing, Zolo was napping near the front of the ship, Angel was up in the crows nest lazily strumming his guitar apparently starting to fall asleep. Usopp and Chopper where somewhere in the ship working together on Choppers latest project, Robin was in her cabin researching and Sanji was with her trying to serve her every whim. Luffy was leaning on a railing staring out to sea while holding onto his hat and Nami was sitting next to him working on a map.
Nami may have looked outwardly calm but she was extremely nervous, during Angels song playing he had played a romantic song that made Robin sigh, Sanji leave Usopp and Chopper cry, Zolo fall asleep and have Nami and Luffy casting furtive glances at one another. Nami wasn't sure but she thought that Angel had been watching them both and smiling to himself "could it be possible that he thinks we like each other.. god I hope not it would be so awkward". Nami and Luffy just seemed to be enjoying each others company, Nami rolled up her new made map and put it back into her map making kit. She glanced over at Luffy, she found him amazing, he'd gone through so much just for his crew and just for her, he could be so strong so manly when he fought against enemies but he was so childish and fun loving. Nami wished a little to herself that he could be more mature but she loved him the way he was "wait what was that word…no I don't love him…but he's so so…oh god I do its wonderful but I don't think he loves me in return he's Luffy he doesn't think like that". Nami sighed and without thinking about it leaned against Luffy's legs, when she realized what she had done she felt the urge to get up and go to her room and hide but she decided unless Luffy moved away from her she'd just stay where she was, she sighed and closed her eyes and leaned even more on his legs.
Luffy felt weird, his heart was beating like he'd just fought a battle, he stomach was moving all on its own and his chest hurt a little and all this was being caused by his red headed navigator leaning on his legs. Luffy felt nervous, he hardly ever felt nervous, but he felt really good "This feels like I've just eaten a lot of meat…no that's not right this feels like I've found one piece yeah that's it". Luffy shifted slightly and felt Nami sit up suddenly, Luffy turned and sat down next to her, he looked at her, she was blushing she looked startled. Luffy leaned slightly towards her and she leaned her head onto his shoulder and relaxed, Luffy just felt this was right somehow.
Nami was suddenly afraid what happens if someone sees something they might see something, Nami lifted her head to tell Luffy she had to go just as he was turning his head towards her. Their lips brushed each others and they froze, Nami without thinking slapped Luffy as hard as she could jumped to her feet, grabbed her bag and stormed off she ran to her cabin sat down on her bed and tried to calm her breathing and slow down her heart.
Nami had shocked Luffy, he didn't know what he had done wrong, everything seemed so nice. He looked around Zolo was still sleeping; he looked up to the crows nest he could see Angel watching him, Angel gave an exaggerated shrug and went back to watching the clouds. Luffy rubbed at his face trying to make the imprint of Nami's hand that had been left on his rubber face.Luffy shook his head, he decided to go sit on the ram's head as he always does. Luffy did so but couldn't shake the hurt feeling he had from Nami's odd behavior. He heard the cabin door open and saw Robin walk out onto the deck and she started to climb up the ladder to the crows nest.
Angel heard someone coming up the ladder to the crows nest he sat up to see who it was as he was facing the ladder but felt a tap on his right shoulder. He turned but saw nothing, then felt a tap on his left shoulder, turned again to still see nothing. Angel then felt a fist knock on his head, he looked up and saw a hand reaching out of the main pole that held the crews flag which rose out of the middle of the nest. The hand waved at him and then disappeared he looked towards the entrance and saw Nico Robin pulling herself into the nest with a large smile on her face. "Oh HA HA HA, very funny, come on you can do better than that Robin" Nico laughed at this "Simplicity can sometimes be effective". "Yeah I get that feeling every time I talk to our captain I bet you do too" Robin laughed again. Angel realized part of her secretive little smile was that fact that she knew he was checking her out as she settled herself down the rest he wasn't sure, Angel waited for her to speak. "I know your trying to get Nami and Luffy together I can see your mind working, your harder to read than the rest probably because your astute enough to see what they feel". Robin smiled and winked at him as she both insulted and complimented him. Angel smiled this woman was subtle he could feel it he decided for the blunt approach here "so why are you telling me this Robin just telling me to work on my poker face or is it something else" Angel made sure that he quite obviously looked her up and down and licked his lips Robin laughed. "My my Angel you sure are an intriguing one, but I'm really here to offer my help, you didn't mention any relationships in your story when you shared it but that doesn't mean much. I am sensing that you are generally friends with women and have some mild flirting as I can see. I'm offering my help in getting those two together it will break Sanji's heart but as long as he has me to fawn over he'll be fine.". Angel smiled "so that's what she's up to". "Okay Robin lets get to work, we can't really bring anyone else in on this, maybe Zolo if we need muscle cause he won't care if they get together or not, Usopp and Chopper wouldn't know how to help and Sanji's a liability, we might have to restrain him during the final move". Robin laughed "Final move Angel your talking about Love as if it's a chess game" Angel reached across and patted her hand "My dear Robin when your in Love it's a carriage ride that's gone out of control but you don't really care, but when your trying to get two people together its like a chess game because you must let your opponent see only chaos where there is order, you manipulate them into your trap then you knock them down, or in this into each other." Robin laughed "Okay lets get to work".
CHAPTER 2 END
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