(Again please don't kill me I do not own one piece)
After a couple weeks of traveling, we managed to forget about Kuro, and Luffy was teaching Coco how to do his other tricks. Other than the gum-gum whip she was having trouble getting the other ones, luckily Luffy was a patient goof. As I sat watching, I couldn't help but feeling that something big was going to happen, and that yet another person I knew from my world would be linked.
"What's wrong Emily?" asked Chopper, snapping me out my thoughts.
"Oh nothing Chopper, just a premonition," I said.
"A premonition?" asked Robin, listening in to our conversation.
"Yeah, I think we'll be getting another crew member from my world, and yet some how link to here," I said.
Zoro grunted, he was getting annoyed with his captain recruiting people to the crew, mostly girls. Sanji didn't mind, he drooled over any female, mainly Ivory and Tracy because they gave him attention too.
"Oi! Moss head! You got a problem with the lovely ladies?" asked Sanji, venomously.
"Yeah, the ship is getting too crowded," Zoro growled.
"Moss Head, shut up. I think Luffy made a good choice," spat Sanji, angrily.
"ERO COOK!" yelled Zoro.
"MARIMO!" yelled Sanji, as a 'dust ball fight' broke out.
"AAAAAAAAAH! ZORO! SANJI! DOCTOR, DOCTOR!" yelped Chopper.
"YOU'RE A DOCTOR!" we all yelled.
"Oh right." he said, as The Thousand Sunny landed on an island that seem deserted except for a small hut.
The 'dust ball fight' was still raging.
"Franky, let's go we may find a SUPAH piece of equipment for the ship," said Arina using Franky's line.
"Hey, that's my line," he said jokingly. He had started falling for Arina. He picked up Arina and jumped off the ship and started running towards the hut.
"Come on Chopper," I said, getting the cute little rain deer doctor in my back pack, and jumped in the water.
Peach got Coco on her back since she had become the most recent of the crew to be a devil fruit user. Maya agreed to carry Luffy on her back and Joey agreed to carry Robin. We all jumped in the water and swam; we didn't want to risk the mini Merry Go getting wrecked by the coral around the island.
When we reached shore; "I'M HUNGRY!" whined Luffy.
"Luffy!" we all yelled, except for Zoro and Sanji who were still fighting on The Thousand Sunny.
"WHAT? I'M HUNGRY!" he whined.
"Okay, look, we'll see if anyone is home in that hut and if so, we'll see if we can get a meal," I said.
Luffy cheered as I knocked on the door. An elderly woman answered the door "Yes?" she asked.
"Do you have any food? We're really hungry," I asked.
"Oh yes, I do. Come in, come in," she said, motioning for us to come in.
We went in; "SHANNON! CAN YOU GET ALL THE FOOD WE HAVE?" she called up the stairs.
"OKAY!" called a voice. A few minutes later a girl with blood red hair like Shanks walked in with food.
"OH MY GOD! THAT SHANNON?" I yelped.
"Oh yes. Poor thing! I found her nearly dead on the beach, luckily I nursed her back to health," said the old woman.
"Coral, please," said Shannon, staring at the ground with a red face.
"Oh, I looked at your locket and your father is Shanks the red haired pirate," said Coral.
Luffy nearly choked on his food at what he heard.
"Shannon your Shanks's daughter? I mean how? You're from our world," I said.
"Mom always told me she met my father on a ship, the kind that you see in pirate movies. She said I got his hair while everything else I got from her," said Shannon.
"The door way," said Tracy.
"Yes, she must have gone threw a door way and met Shanks, and well…" said Arina hoping they got it.
"And what?" asked Luffy.
"I'm not telling him," I said.
The others shook their heads 'no.'
"I can tell him," said Coco.
"No you can't. You're 9," said Peach.
"Yes I can. Momma told me how babies are made. And it starts with a mommy and a daddy taking off all their clothes…" was all Coco got out before Peach covered her mouth.
"Excuse me, we'll be going back to the ship to make sure Sanji and Zoro aren't dead," she said blushing as she drug Coco out.
"What happens next?" asked Luffy.
I grimaced and whispered the rest in his ear.
"Shanks did that to her mom?" asked Luffy and I nodded. "Well, what ever. Welcome to my crew!" said Luffy, grinning.
Everyone did a fall action at Luffy being nonchalant about Shannon being Shanks's kid.
"Um…thanks Luffy," said Shannon.
"I suggest you all leave, I just got word that the navy is coming," said Coral as a carrier pigeon flew off.
"Oh crud, that's bad, we got to go," I said
"But I'm not done eating," whined Luffy.
"LUFFY, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEAD IF WE DON'T LEAVE NOW!" yelled Ussop and Kree at the same time as Nami conked Luffy on the head knocking him out.
"I can get more food in the grove. You take the food with you," said Coral softly.
"Oh Coral, I couldn't," said Shannon.
"Yes, you will. You made me the happiest I've been in a long time," said Coral, wrapping the food up for them.
"Thank you Coral," said Shannon taking the food.
"I can't believe Shanks had a kid," said Franky in awe.
"Why not? If Shannon's mother found a way here and met Shanks then it is possible," said Arina on Franky's back.
"I guess, but I'm still not use to the idea of another world where we're a comic book," said Franky.
"Does it matter? You were always real to me," smiled Arina to Franky.
"Every guy you see in a cartoon or a book that you get a crush on is real," laughed Shannon. Since she ended up here she couldn't wait to find Ace, a guy she'd love to marry and have mini-Aces with. She laughed at her little mental joke.
"I still can't believe in your world we're cartoons," said Ussop.
Kree just grinned. She was wondering if, since she ended up here, if it was possible to go to the world of Peter Pan. Although, Peter would probably throw her in the ocean if he knew she was part of a pirate crew.
Shannon stopped at a rickety old canoe that she climbed in. We got in after her; it looked like it would survive one more trip which would be to The Thousand Sunny, she started rowing the canoe to the ship.
"Hey Topaz, do you have a feeling we forgot something?" asked Mary Ann.
"No, why?" asked the blonde three year old.
"I don't know. It just feels like we forgot something," said Mary Ann.
Meanwhile Maya had been exploring the island, studying the animals around when she heard voices and hid in a bush.
"Now remember you two, if I'm going to kill Smoker I need you both to distract the rest of the Naval crew at all cost while I push Smoker over board. You know he can't swim," laughed the man, evilly, to the other two sailors.
"Yes, Mr… I mean Captain Hiro," smirked a black haired sailor to the marooned haired man known as Hiro.
"Now lets go Black Flash," he said to the two sailors as they walked off.
"Oh no, Smoker is going to be doomed," said Maya, horrified. She had a crush on the Naval captain because what she liked was a boy who never took credit for something he didn't do. Smoker admitted to not getting Crocodile, but they still praised him. She liked that he at least tried to tell them he didn't deserve to be a captain. She started running towards the hut where Coral was telling Smoker that she hadn't seen any pirates.
"And who is this?" he asked seeing Maya running up.
"Oh this is my, um… granddaughter, Maya," she said.
"Oh grandma, are you okay?" asked Maya playing along.
"Yes dear, this is Captain Smoker. He wanted to know if we saw any pirates," said Coral.
"Oh no, we haven't. Grandma, can I go out to sea yet?" asked Maya
"I'm not sure Maya, after all you don't have a man to protect you," said Coral.
"I could protect her if she wants to go out to sea that much," said Smoker.
"Oh, I do Mr. Smoker!" she said acting like a little girl.
"Well if Captain Smoker will keep you safe then you can go," said Coral smiling.
"OH THANK YOU!" squealed Maya, hugging Coral like she would her own grandmother.
"Let's go. We have to get back to the ship so we can track down that pirate ship I saw," said Smoker.
"Right," said Maya, agreeing with Smoker as he lead the way.
"Hello Captain," said Hiro and Maya glared at him.
"Hello Hiro, we have another passenger named Maya," said Smoker to Hiro.
"Right," said Hiro. An unexpected change but he could get his men to distract her so she couldn't compromise the plan, unaware she had already heard it.
"Sir, where are the bathrooms, so I don't get lost looking for them," asked Maya.
"There's one," said Smoker, pointing to one.
"Thank you sir," said Maya.
"Captain, I need to talk with you alone. It's about the pirate ship," said Hiro giving his men the sign.
"Okay, Maya, you go to the mess hall. I'll talk to you later," said Smoker walking off.
"Come on you," said Black, grabbing Maya's arm.
"Excuse me I need to powder my nose," said Maya getting loose and going in the bathroom.
"Flash, you watch the bathroom I'll set off the quick locks," said Black to the straw color haired sailor.
Maya looked around silently and cheered when she what she had hoped for was there; a window. She peaked out and saw no one there. She quickly climbed out and found Hiro and Smoker. She hid as she listened to Hiro, "Sir, how long have we known each other?" asked Hiro.
"About five years, when I found you ship wrecked on that island," said Smoker.
"And you can say we're friends, right" asked Hiro.
"Sure, you've been very loyal to me. Why are you asking?" asked Smoker.
"Because I need a reason to make everyone think I'm innocent when I do this," laughed Hiro evilly as he pushed Smoker in the water.
Smoker looked shocked and angered, but most of all hurt as he sank.
The minute Hiro was out of view Maya quickly jumped in the water and pulled Smoker to the surface. He started coughing up water, "Smoker try to breath. I'm swimming for The Thousand Sunny," said Maya, kicking with all her might knowing she was the only one that could keep Smoker from drowning.
"You're a Pirate Maya?" coughed Smoker.
"Yes I am it's the least I could do to thank Luffy for saving my siblings and me from Kuro who, I might add, is alive," said Maya spotting The Thousand Sunny in the distance.
"Heh, Luffy was the only pirate I let get away," said Smoker with a smirk.
"Well, like me, it was the least you could do since he saved you," said Maya.
"Yeah, I told them I didn't do anything with Crocodile but they thought I was being modest and still made me captain," he said.
"And that's why I like you. You didn't take credit like most boys I met, you told the truth and said you didn't defeat Crocodile. Even if they thought you were being modest, at least you told the truth," said Maya, staring love struck at Smoker.
"How do you know so much about me?" asked Smoker.
"I'll explain later," said Maya as they came to The Thousand Sunny.
"Maya, that's who we forgot," laughed Mary Ann and Topaz.
"She has Smoker," said Zoro, venomously.
"Some one on his ship tried to kill him," said Maya, glaring at the swordsman.
"Hiro, a kid I had high hopes for, before he betrayed me," said Smoker as Joey and Luffy helped Maya get Smoker on board The Thousand Sunny.
After Smoker had dried off and had something to eat, he began his story on how he found Hiro, "We had come across a deserted island 5 years ago, Hiro was nearly dead he said the ship he had been on had been attacked by pirates, and that he was the only survivor he knew of. So, we took him on board, taught him the Navy code, and he became my apprentice. He said he would be the captain of his own ship one day. Had I known he wanted my ship I would have thrown him in the brig. I would have died if Maya had not saved me," he said, as Maya blushed.
"So all we do is go and kick Hiro's butt," said Coco.
Luffy grinned. He liked Coco, she was like a little sister he never had.
"Yeah that's going to be hard, considering that the straw hats have a bounty on their heads," I said.
"Yeah, it's not like we can go aboard without being shot at," said Nami.
"But we have to help him," said Maya.
"How about we go aboard? We just joined the crew so no one knows about us yet," said Peach.
"Hey yeah, and Luffy and the others can be back up if we need it," said Shannon placing her own straw hat on her head. If she had the scars on her left eye she could pass for a girl Shanks.
"Be careful, beautiful rose, I hate for you to get hurt," said Sanji all gooey over Shannon, who had a big sweat drop.
"Um…thanks Sanji, I will," she said embarrassed.
"Okay, lets steer this ship to Smokers ship," said Maya.
Chopper took his human form and started steering The Thousand Sunny towards the Navy ship.
Meanwhile; "But how did he fall over?" asked Tashigi in disbelief.
"A wave knocked the ship, causing Captain Smoker fall over board. I am sorry Miss Tashigi, I know how much he meant to you," sobbed Hiro. He was good at looking sad and therefore everyone one thought it was an accident that couldn't be helped, sadly. Flash and Black the only ones who knew the truth.
"Until we can get a new captain, I will be captain," said Hiro, his maroon hair was pulled back out his eyes. Everyone nodded, until they could replace Smoker, they had no choice.
"Don't believe him! Smoker is alive and well thanks to me. However, it wasn't an accident that Smoker went over board. It was Hiro," said Maya, Smoker standing behind her.
"CAPTAIN, YOU'RE ALIVE!" wept Tashigi, happy. Every one turned and glared at Hiro.
"The question is why? I mean you don't seem the type to want to be a pirate or Navy man," said Maya.
Hiro stared; every navy man was getting their guns ready to shoot him.
"Well tell me why," asked Maya.
Hiro broke down; "IT'S BECAUSE I WANT TO FIND ATIKA! A GIRL WHO WAS PLACED ON AN ISLAND BY THAT PIRATE WOMAN WHO KIDNAPPED HER AND ME! I GOT ANGRY WHEN SHE DID THAT, AND TRIED TO KILL HER! THAT'S WHY I WAS SHIPPED WRECKED! I NEVER WANTED TO TELL THAT I WAS ON A PIRATE SHIP, FOR FEAR I BE KILLED, BEFORE I COULD SAVE MY ATIKA! SHE MEANS MORE TO ME THAN LIFE ITSELF! I DIDN'T WANT TO KILL SMOKER! HE WAS THE FIRST FRIEND I EVER HAD! BUT I KNEW HE NEVER GO TO SAVE ONE GIRL! SO I PLANNED TO KILL HIM SO I COULD TAKE OVER LONG ENOUGH TO FIND ATIKA! THEN I WOULD LEAVE AND LET THEM FIND A CAPTAIN! I NEVER WANTED THIS! I JUST WANTED TO FIND ATIKA!" sobbed Hiro as he hugged his knees and waited to be shot.
"Why didn't you tell me? Unless you had joined of your free will you were never a pirate" said Smoker, looking at Hiro.
"I was scared," was all Hiro said.
"He can come with us," said Shannon standing next to Hiro. All the Navy men stared wide eyed, they knew Shannon was a girl but she almost looked like Red Haired Shanks.
"What has happened here is not to be discussed outside of this ship. That's an order," said Smoker.
"But sir," said a Sailor.
"Are you questioning me?" asked Smoker.
"No sir! Your order is word," said the Sialor.
Shannon began to pull Hiro outside and we began to climb down to the mini Merry.
"Aren't you coming?" asked Kree to Maya.
"No while you all were trying to figure out how to get to the ship I was telling Joey, Mary Ann, and Topaz that I would be riding with Smoker for awhile," said Maya everyone stared wide eyed except me. I just smirked.
"So I guess we're friendly enemies," I said smiling.
"Yeah I guess we are," said Maya smirking back at us.
"Better leave before my men find out where you're coming from," said Smoker smiling to himself. He had to admit Maya was quite a catch for him.
"'Till we meet again! Good bye," I said. Everyone waved as the mini Merry began to head back for The Thousand Sunny.
When we got back, Luffy asked the questions; "Who's this? And where's Maya?"
I smiled, "Luffy, Maya is going to stay with Smoker. And this is Hiro, we're going to help him." I said.
Everyone went wide eyed. It was hard to tell if the straw hats were more shocked that Maya joined Smoker, which it was shock enough to find out she was in love
with Smoker. Or that we were helping someone who had tried to kill Smoker.
Hiro told his story, and why he had tried to kill Smoker. After that Luffy stared, serious, "Well, there is one thing to do: help you find Atika," said Luffy with a big grin.
Since Hiro was only going to be here long enough to find Atika, then he leave, Zoro
was happy as that be one more person gone.
"Um…Luffy, if you don't mind I'd like to only stay on your crew long enough to find my father, and then I'd like to join him. I hope you're not mad," said Shannon.
"Mad? Why would I be? Shanks was like my father! So, since he really is your father you deserve to be with him," said Luffy, with a big grin.
We started sailing towards our next adventure, which was to help Hiro find his Atika.