Ch. 3- Enter: Pirate Empress Boa Hancock
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard © Me
Moments later, in the jungle…
"So, you don't like frills?"
"Uh-uh."
"Men are such strange creatures."
"Whatever. Thanks for taking them off for me."
Luffy, who was taking his bandages off, was now dressed in a sky blue vest, which was free of flowers and little frills.
"Well, Blizzard and I have to leave, now, Marguerite," said Luffy. "We gotta go find our friends."
"You two sure are restless, aren't you?" Marguerite asked.
"As long as everyone's okay," said Luffy, "then it's all right! If we're alive, then we can still fight!" He growled as his mind flooded with images of Kuma, Sentomaru, and Kizaru. "Blizzard…you and I are gonna become stronger than all of those guys!"
WOOF! Blizzard barked.
"Okay! Let's go!" Luffy shouted before…he started running on his hands. "I'll go all the way back to the Sabaody Archipelago on my hands! That ought to make me stronger!"
How is that possible? Blizzard asked in thought.
Luffy suddenly braked to a stop.
"Oh, wait!" he said. "Hey, Marguerite! Do you think you can give me and Blizzard a ship?"
"You sure have a lot of energy, don't you?"
XXX
A moment later…
"WHAT?" Luffy yelled. "You don't have a ship to give us? AND THIS PLACE IS IN THE CALM BELT?"
"That's right," Marguerite said. "This is the Island of Maidens in the Calm Belt. The giant Sea Kings use it as their breeding grounds, so that's why normal sea travelers never come here. The few people who get washed ashore are mostly already dead."
"But you said that you had a crew of pirates here!" Luffy said. "How can they sail the Calm Belt?"
"Because the ship of the Snake Princess is drawn by two fierce, poisonous sea snakes called Yudas," said Marguerite. "The Sea Kings won't dare attack them. However, Amazon Lily only has one Pirate Ship."
"Damn!" Luffy cursed as he slumped on the ground. "There's no wind current here, either! How are Blizzard and I gonna get back to Sabaody, now? Should I just try and build a raft and row the whole way back?"
"You can't be serious," Marguerite murmured.
Oh, believe me, Blizzard thought. He is.
"That's it!" Luffy exclaimed. "I'll make me and Blizzard a raft and I'll row the whole way!"
"THAT'S YOUR PLAN?" Marguerite questioned.
Blizzard slapped a paw over his eyes in disbelief.
This won't end well, he thought.
XXX
"Finished!"
Luffy was now in the water, standing upon a poorly-crafted raft.
"Are you serious?" Marguerite asked. "Look at that thing? It's already falling apart!"
The moment Marguerite said that, KRASH! SPLASH! Luffy's raft came apart, and he sank into the water.
"AAAAAAAAHH~!" Luffy gurgled/screamed.
Dammit, Luffy! Blizzard cursed in thought before he jumped in after his master.
"Wait! Hang on!" Marguerite cried as she followed suit.
XXX
A few more moments later, Marguerite had helped Blizzard pull Luffy on dry island and revived the waterlogged boy, who was now lying on the ground, trying to catch his breath.
"I helped save him, again," Marguerite began, "but I probably shouldn't have. Can't men swim, at all?"
"Ugh…" Luffy groaned. "That was a close one! I really thought I was done for, that time! If only Franky was here. He could build us a boat and we would be back at the Sabaody Archipelago in no time! What should we do, Blizzard?"
Why are you asking me? Blizzard thought. I'm just here to keep you from feeling alone! I don't have all the answers, you know! I'm just a dog!
"I don't know what to do with you!" Marguerite said as she wrung her cape of the water. "You should've just ran somewhere far away so that no one would find you!" She put her cape back on. Then, she took her snake bow and prepared to fire another arrow at Luffy as he was lying down. "If I keep spending too much time with you, like this," she said, "I might start to like you."
Luffy gasped and raised his hands up.
"Hey!" he cried. "Wait a second! What are you doing?"
TWANG! Marguerite fired an arrow at Luffy, who jumped out of the line of fire, causing the arrow to destroy the ground he was standing on. KRASH!
TWANG! TWANG! TWANG! Marguerite fired more arrows at Luffy and Blizzard, who barely managed to dodge them in time. SMASH! The arrows struck a tree, causing it to fall apart.
Just when I thought we could trust her! Blizzard thought.
Luffy picked up one of the fired arrows.
"What's with these arrows, anyway?" he asked. "They can smash stone walls and all that stuff!" He attempted to bend the arrow in his hands. "They must be as hard as-"
Snap! The arrow snapped in half.
"What are you talking about?" questioned Marguerite. "The arrows that I fire are enveloped in Haki energy! That's what gives them their destructive power!"
"Haki?" Luffy repeated. "Wanna tell me what that is?"
It's that weird power you've been using! Blizzard thought. Remember? When you knocked out Duval's cow just by staring at him? Oh, why do I even both-
"There they are!"
Blizzard looked back upon the voices of Marguerite's comrades, and judging by the sound of their voices and their footsteps, it appeared they were getting close.
Uh-oh, he thought. That's our cue to skidoo!
The group of women came charging towards Luffy, Blizzard, and Marguerite like a troop of monkeys in the trees!
"Marguerite!" Kikyo called. "Are you all right?"
"Girls!" Marguerite called back.
"Yikes!" Luffy yelped before he made a run for it. "Blizzard! Let's scram!"
You don't gotta tell me twice! the wolf-dog exclaimed in his head before he followed after Luffy.
"The the man and his wolf are escaping!" exclaimed one of the women. "Kill them at once!"
As the women gave chase, Marguerite was soon joined by Sweet Pea.
"Marguerite!" she said. "The saga of: are you all right?"
"I'm fine, but-" Marguerite began.
"We know!" Sweet Pea said, cutting her off. "Saga of: the man and his wolf are escaping! We have to deal with them, fast! The Snake Princess is coming!"
"What?" Marguerite questioned.
XXX
In the waters of the Calm Belt, close to Amazon Lily, two ships were seen on the surface. One of them happened to be a Marine battleship, and the other was what appeared to be a pirate ship, and attached to the stern were two gigantic snakes. Close to the Marine ship, a Sea King's now floated upon the surface of the water…dead.
"You lot have got a lot of guts to come out here to the lair of these beasts."
"Actually, they already started to try and attack us! The sea prism stones that we've attached to our ship prevent them from sensing our presence, but if we stay anchored here for too long, then the Sea Kings are liable to see us."
On the Marine ship, a man was seen standing among the sailors. Judging by how all the other Marines were silenced by his presence and that they all stood stiff with weapons at their sides, he must've been a superior. He is a man with a Mohawk and a mustache. He wears the standard Marine uniform, consisting of a purple-and-white pinstriped suit with a Marine coat draped over his shoulders, like a cape. Underneath his suit, a dark blue shirt and a lighter blue tie. He is of average and very well built. In his hand is a katana with the tsuba designed as a flower with eight petals.
He is Vice-Admiral Momonga, and right now, he is currently in the Calm Belt on official government business.
"You may not like it," he said, "but an agreement between you Kuja Pirates and the World Government only permits us to sail within two miles of Amazon Lily, which forces us to wait in the middle of these monsters' spawning grounds."
The Marine sailors began to whisper amongst themselves.
"They say that the ruler of the Kuja people is a ruthless monster that can turn people to stone…!"
"No way…! You're kidding me!"
"C'mon, you guys…! I'm new to this thing…! Don't go scaring me like that…!"
On the pirate ship, it is revealed that Momonga was talking to a woman of average size with jet black hair parted on one side and an earring on each ear. She wears long, black stockings with straps that reached up to her matching colored panties. Around her waist is a decorative belt of rings that is attached to a small flap of blue cloth to cover her rear. Her top is a small, orange-flowered tank top with a window hole in the middle that seems almost too small for her size. She has a quiver of arrows slung around her back and a pink snake wrapped around her shoulder. Like Marguerite and all the other women back at Amazon Lily, she wore a white cape upon her shoulders.
Her name is Ran.
"So I assume you killed that Sea King then?" she asked, pointing to the dead Sea King nearby the Marine ship.
"Cannons weren't very effective," replied Momonga, "so I jumped onto its belly and hacked it up from the inside. I'll be glad when we're clear of these accursed waters."
"Well, it appears you're not all talk," said Ran.
"I've been waiting for your return, Kuja Pirates!" declared Momonga. "I am Vice-Admiral Momonga of the Marines! WARLORD OF THE SEA, 'PIRATE EMPRESS' BOA HANCOCK! SHOW YOURSELF! I'VE COME FOR YOU!"
There was a pause.
Behind Ran were more women, all wearing skimpy clothing like Ran.
"Look!" said one women, who had on a rather perpetual happy expression and a childish figure. "It's a man! A man! What disgusting creatures!"
"Unfortunately for you," Ran started, "the Snake Princess refuses to come out!"
"There's your answer!" said a tall, fat woman.
"It's been a long time since I've seen a man!" exclaimed a tall, well-endowed woman with bushy, ginger brown hair and a perpetual grin. "When they see the flag of the Kuja, even pirates and merchants flee in terror! ZAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"What a vulgar laugh," said a woman with an opened up black, orange-frilled jacket and a cigarette in her mouth, as well as a bazooka slung around her back.
"That's not what her message says," Momonga said. "It says she will comply with the summons, but it appears she has no intention of coming."
WHUP! Momonga tossed something to Ran, who caught it in her hand. It was a rolled-up newspaper.
"Here's this morning's paper," said Momonga. "The time and place of the public execution of Portgas D. 'Fire Fist' Ace, Second Unit Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, has been set, and the die has been cast. The World Government has issued a mandatory summons to the Seven Warlords! Refusal to comply with these orders will result in the nullification of all treaties and revocation of the title of Warlord! DO YOUR HEAR ME, BOA HANCOCK?"
CHAK! A door opened, and a mysterious figure came walking out of the room. The figure stopped in front of a little kitten, which was playing with a ball.
"Who…" a feminine voice said before…THWAK! The owner kicked the kitten away. "WHO PUT THIS KITTEN IN MY PATH!"
A woman grabbed the kitten, who hissed and snarled at the figure.
"My apologies!" she said. "It was my fault!"
"Try to be more careful in the future."
"So, you finally show yourself," Momonga said, "Boa Hancock. Men! Keep your eyes open!"
The Marines felt their jaws drop, their eyes bug out, their hearts drumming, and their faces turning hot.
"It's her!"
"The-the Pirate Empress!"
"Her beauty is truly beyond compare!"
Three women appeared on the deck of the Kuja pirate ship.
The first was a large, muscled, and obese woman, about the size of a regular giant. Her long, wavy, orange hair was arranged like that of a pattern on a cobra's hood. She also wore a long, white cape.
The second was an equally large but slim woman with wintergreen hair whose face had the resemblance of a snake, complete with a disproportionately larger and wider head to her body and a long, forked tongue. She wore a very revealing outfit, as well as a white cape like most of the Kuja wore.
The last was a woman with a well proportioned figure. She is very tall and slender with long, black hair, a very large bosom, a high forehead, and light brown eyes which had long, voluminous lashes. She wore a revealing red blouse with the insignia of the Kuja Pirates colored in green-and-pink, along with a long, white cape like the rest of the Kuja wore, and a pair of red, high-heel pumps.
They are three sisters, Boa Marigold, the youngest, Boa Sandersonia, the middle sister, and their eldest, Boa Hancock, otherwise known as the "Pirate Empress" and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
"So," said Hancock, "you've come at last. You Government dogs are so tedious. The response I sent you was nothing but a lie! I have no intention of fighting in your petty little war! But I will keep my title of Warlord. Now…give me all your cargo and treasure."
"What are you saying?" Momonga questioned. "Don't be a damn, spoiled brat! Do you honestly think we'd accept such unreasonable demands?"
"Hurry up!"
"She's so lovely!"
"Give her whatever she wants!"
Momonga turned and saw the Marines preparing to give their haul of cargo and treasure that they've confiscated from pirates over to Hancock's ship with hearts in their eyes and drooling mouths.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU FOOLS DOING?" Momonga barked. "STOP IT!"
The Marines suddenly snapped out of their love-stricken states.
"What happened?" asked one, a rookie. "All of a sudden…I felt like I HAD to obey her!"
"Anyway," said Momonga before he turned back to Hancock, "exactly one week from today, Portgas D. Ace will be put to death. His execution will take place at Marineford, the town where Marine HQ is located. 'Fire Fist' Ace is a condemned man. One week from now, Whitebeard is certain to make his move! Under the leadership of the 3 Admirals, we will focus our efforts on intercepting him! Now, either you relinquish your title of Warlord, or answer the summons! Make your decision, Boa Hancock! My patience is wearing thin, and your time is almost up!"
There was a slight pause.
"But I like being one of the Seven Warlords," said Hancock in a small, pleading voice. "Let me keep that title. I hate the World Government and simply refuse to obey their orders…but…suppose there were an accident. Suppose the Marines sent to escort me to Headquarters…were all mysteriously turned to stone."
The Marines gasped as they drew their weapons.
"Is she threatening us?"
"Be ready for anything! I heard that when they find ships that have ransacked by the Kuja Pirates, they're always drifting crewless in the seas with not one living soul on board! Just strange stone effigies of the crewmen."
"You heard what I said, Hancock," Momonga growled. "We will NOT accept any demands from a spoiled brat!"
"Hmm-hmm," Sandersonia chuckled. "Big sister can be so nasty, but in the end, she always gets she wants."
"Yes," Marigold agreed, "and for good reason!"
Hancock jumped off of the head of the Yuda and aboard the Marine ship.
"No matter what I do," she began, "whether I kick little kittens, or tear off your ear, or even commit a murder, I will always be forgiven. Why is this, you ask? Yes…it is simply because…I am beautiful!"
The sound of adoring screams and swoons soon filled the air. The Marines had fallen madly in love with the Pirate Empress, and even the Kuja Pirates were screaming like crazy with hearts in their eyes and blushes on their cheeks.
"AAAAAAAH!" Ran screamed, lovingly. "THE SNAKE PRINCESS~!"
"OOOOHHHH~!" the Marines swooned.
"STOP THAT, YOU IMBECILES!" Momonga snapped.
Suddenly, Hancock put her hand behind her head, which was arched up to the sky.
"Let the lust in your hearts," she started before she threw her hands forward, making the shape of a heart, "turn your flesh into stone!"
Momonga quickly snapped to attention.
"Love-Love MELLOW!"
SHOON! Hancock emitted some sort of heart-shaped beam from her hands, right at the Marines, who cheered and cried out her name with throbbing hearts before KRINK! They all turned into stone statues!
The only one who remained unaffected by it was Momonga…who had stabbed his hand with a dagger.
"I see," said Hancock. "You forced the wicked thoughts from your mind with pain. Your desperate had saved you. Your men, on the other hand."
"The fools," Momonga hissed.
"Now, you are alone," said Hancock.
"Even so," said Momonga, "one is not zero."
Hancock re-boarded her ship and declared, "We shall now return to our peaceful port on Amazon Lily!"
"Yes, Snake Princess!" the Kuja Pirates shouted.
As the Yudas pulled the pirate ship away…
"BOA HANCOCK!"
Hancock turned upon hearing Momonga calling her.
"I will wait her until the time limit expires," said the Vice-Admiral. "I cannot and WILL not return, empty-handed. If you don't return within two days, the treaties will be nullified."
Hancock simply smirked at him and said, "Do as you wish."
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