The Pirate King and the Rose Queen
Chapter 2
~A Rosy Arrival!~
It's been a week since the papers released that information on General Stewart Evans, apparently, he's been murdered by a pirate vixen she's been called but it's already been a week and nothing's happened.
Not even a single boat is out at sea right now, Dammit, maybe Sanji was right. Maybe it was just a hoax.
A rose petal dances and blows by Luffy's face on the wind's current.
Or maybe, i'm just getting impatient...
Luffy laughs as he looks out to see with a telescope.
Meanwhile, on the shores of a small town on the Grand Line.
A little boy plays with his ball in the middle of the ocean, his mother and little sister building a sandcastle behind him. He smiles but he feels something trickle near his leg.
A single rose petal...
The boy picks up the rose petal in his hand and gazes upon it with promise and wonderment until two more petals come drifting to him.
A confused look drapes over his face as four more replace the two that just arrived.
The boy looks to the ocean to see that the water is filled with thousands of rose petals.
"Wah! Mama!" The boy quickly runs out of the ocean, a man who was looking at the scene noticed the roses as well.
"What is this?" a woman asked as she picked up another petal.
"Don't touch it!" A marine commanded, "Get away from the ocean!" A squad of marines pushed the spectators back, another marine went and reported the occurrence.
"Could it be them?" The marine questioned, the Marines all gathered together their men and a few cannons near the shore.
Soon, the air reeked of bamboo water and rose petals. It was nearly intoxicating. People were starting to pass out by how strong it was, the area was soon evacuated but four inconspicuous pirate stayed behind to watch the scene from their hotel room window.
A General named Albert Wolfstein came forward, he takes up his telescope and looks to the horizon to see that pirate ship wasn't too far off. He also saw that the ship was dumping rose petals for some ungodly reason.
Albert scoffed, "Who is that?" he questioned himself.
"It's the Rose Queen..." from his bedroom, Luffy answered the question in his head.
Meanwhile, in the distance, there sail a ship with a flag of aeternaliter elegantes.
"Cereza, we see land ahead, should we pursue with caution, ma'am?" My crewman noticed the "Red Line" ahead, the men all scrambled to the front of the boat to see it. I chuckled, our first journey completed and with little to no casualties.
"I see that, Aiden." I replied, "Jeffrey and Tony, stop pouring out those therapeutic petals, they'll make everyone all loosy goosy!" I ordered, the men stopped dumping and got back to work.
"Here's what we do, we're going to keep going at the speed we are now and make them wait. I have no doubt that they're just choking to meet us." I laughed, Nova patted me on the back.
"Cereza, don't get cocky, we don't know what their capable of."
"Yes, Cereza, we need to make a plan. I mean we did kill their general, they'll want to give us retribution." Alexander said, they were right. We can't just walk up to them and expect a warm welcome. Ugh, there is definitely going to be a fire fight.
"Okay, then. Hold on, I have an idea. Cereza, you go to the captain's cabin and get all gussied up." Nova said, I nodded and went to the back to put on newer garbs.
"Alexander, go back there with her, i'll be there in a second!" Nova ordered, Alexander followed behind me.
Nova turned to the crew and grinned.
"Stop dumping those petals, you two, we're gonna make this flashy..." Nova chuckled.
After an hour of intense waiting and anxiety, the Rose Queen was finally beginning to port. The Marines scattered and scrambled to come together a formation, Albert was glaring at the detailed ship with anger. The ship was very large, it was easily the size of a galleon killed Stewart with such ease, he thought. The ship let down an anchor which marked that it was fully halted. A marine firing squad captain stepped forward with a megaphone.
"Would the captain of this vessel please step forward." The people were anxious to see who the captain was of the immense ship, especially the women. Perhaps, the captain was gorgeous man with long hair and abs, they thought.
They waited for a few minutes before a door to the Captain's Cabin opened, Spade stepped out of the captain's cabin and flipped his black hair like the eloquent pansy he is, the women swooned over his appearance.
"He's so handsome!" They yelped, most of these women were married so their husbands didn't seem to like Spade very much.
Spade stepped to the forecastle deck and looked at the firing squad captain with uncaring eyes, "A-Are you the captain of the vessel, sir?" The captain asked Spade who scoffed at him with anguish.
"No. I am the first mate of the captain of this ship who is currently busy eating a delicious and nutritious meal that I took time out of my busy schedule to prepare so if you will wait another thirty minutes or so, I am sure the captain will be out." Spade then quickly turned and scurried back into the captain's cabin.
"H-Hold on! Wait a minute! Come back here, I call on the captain of blasted vessel! Immediately! You are hereby ordered by the Marines of the Red Line to step out of this vessel or be blown out!" The women chanted and cried for Spade to leave the ship peacefully, but to no avail, no one immersed from the cabin.
After five minutes of waiting, the captain grew impatient.
"That is it! I will fire the main cannons in five seconds if you do not depart your vessel immediately! 5...4..." The women all screamed for the captain of the beautiful ship to leave his lair.
"3...2...1-" Before marine captain could hit one the Captain's Cabin door swung open. Darkness was the only thing that was beyond the door.
The only thing that could be heard was the clicks and clocks of the captain's boots that were heavy against the wooden floor.
After a few painful and anxiety filled seconds of hearing the captain's boots, I step out of the Captain's Cabin dressed in black and with a large antique hat that covered my face because it was tilted over my eyes.
"Kyaa!" The women all shrieked and screamed for joy, I appeared as a tall, dark, and handsome man that finally protruded from his lair. I chuckled, what a hopeless bunch they were.
Somewhere else, Luffy and his crew watched the "man" dressed in black. Sanji was steadily taking bets while Nami was drooling over the Captain of the Rose Queen but the only person who still looked on with interest was Luffy. Somehow, Luffy could tell who that person was on the bowsprit, it wasn't a man that's for sure...But for some reason,...it wasn't a woman either.
Cereza walks highly to the bowsprit and puts one boot forward, "What do you want, Mariner?" I speak with a deep voice to trick the captain, he scoffs.
"Are you the captain of this vessel?" the marine captain asked with a slight shiver going up his spine.
I glared at the captain, "I am."
"Are you the man that killed the Hero General, Sir Stewart Evans?"
A few seconds passed after the captain spoke his question, something in Cereza seemed to snap or fluctuate. She took in a deep breath, ran to the top of the bowsprit and hopped. The women below were shocked ad screeched fearing the worst. However, Cereza made it to the balcony where Albert stood, shaken and angered.
She put her hand up to her ear.
"Say again?" I asked.
"A-Are you the man that killed the Hero General, Sir Stewart Evans?" the marine general was shaking with each word that passed his lips.
Cereza chuckled, she turned around by her waistline ad hopped back onto her ship, amazing the crowds once again. She turned back again from the forecastle deck.
"Yes and No. Yes because I am indeed the person who killed the General, Sir Stewart Evans. But no, I am not a man."
Cereza removed her hat, showing her long, silky, black hair that caught the sun's rays and the wind's gentle whisper. The women below were both shocked, angered and disappointed by Cereza's reveal. Nami was dumbstruck while Zoro and Usopp were beating Sanji to take back their money. But Luffy...his heart was practically beating out of his chest. The Marine Captain was outraged by this revelation.
"Dammit! Who are you?!" The captain exclaimed to me, I laughed at his rage and looked him in the eye.
"I am Cereza Ann Lucrezia the Sixteenth, I'm the Rose Queen and Ruler of the Loanan Seas. I own this ship and I lead it's brave crew of men and women. And I am the woman that killed Stewart Evans of the Marines! Now, are there any more question or can I finish my breakfast?"
After two minutes of an intense staring contest, Albert hesitates.
"F-Fire cannons, shoot!" Albert yells out his commands, but unprepared a young mariner fires a cannon without aiming.
The cannon ball glides through the air like a missile, only barely scratching the Rose Queen. However, this ship is precious to Cereza, so much as a scratch is a death penalty. But these people were to be her first audience, they would be the ones to spread her appearance throughout the loud. Gotta make it flashy, she thought.
As it turned into a fire fight between the Marines and the Rose Queen pirates, she nodded to Alexander who took out a whip of bull's hide. Spade was an agile man, he hopped out of the Rose Queen and to Albert, the captain took out his pistol but Spade latched his whip around the barrel of the gun and broke it from Albert's grip with a snap of his whip.
Albert tried to tackle him but was smacked in the forearm by the silver tip of Spade's whip. Alexander chuckled as he galloped back into the Rose Queen.
"Coward!" Albert clenched his bleeding arm with frustration and I quickly took his injury into account.
"Cease Fire!" My voice echoes throughout the port and dock, my men ceased and so did the Marines, they turned to me.
"Your captain lays incapacitated. We will continue this confrontation with words, not violence. I will surrender for now but until the Marine Captain's arm has been healed, I will retire to my ship. Send word by messenger if I can be of further assistance." I gracefully bowed my head to Albert who scowled angrily at me, I turned my back but out the corner of my eye, in a alley below, I saw a inconspicuous boy with a straw hat glaring at me. He was rather intrigued by me.
No matter, I returned to my cabin until the Marines mustered enough strength to come for me.
This visit has been very fun so far but I must keep this going, I fear that the worst part is only just beginning.
Author's Note: Oh my gosh! This is getting awesome! Shout outs to my first few reviewers! Thanks to Shadowlein, PurplePunklette, Hunter-Eve-Storm and xcookiethiefx. This was all possible, thanks guys for the awesome reviews XD but don't get lazy! Reviews = Chapters! ^_^