Tai:"Hey guys. Sorry it took awhile. Some personal life things come up. But, the long awaited first chapter is here!"
?:"About time."
Tai:"What the heck are you doing here? Your suppose to be in my Young Justice story!"
?:"Mah. Got bored."
Tai & ?:"Taiski does not own One Piece. He/I do own the OCs used."
One Piece: The Forest Man Arc.
Chapter 1: Weigh Anchor! Arrival at the forest island.
It was a warm autumn day, at least it was when the ship of the Straw hat Pirates, the Going Merry, left the previous island in the Grandline. The Going Merry is a Caravel class ship with the figurehead of a sheep. It has a jib and a central steer rudder. The device for steering the ship is not, like regular ships have, a steering wheel. Instead it uses a "steering pole" with a sheep's head like the one used for the ship's figurehead. the Going Merry's main mast had a jolly rodger of a smiling skull wearing a straw hat painted on it. The ship's armaments consisted of four cannons, one in the bow pointing forward, one in the stern, and two pointing to either side. The Going Merry has three tangerine trees planted behind the second sail mast. The ship had multiple poorly fixed 'scars' from the crews past encounters.
The sea was calm, the sky was sunny and the ship's pirate flag was flapping in the breeze. "Hey everyone! There's an island up ahead!" Usopp, the crew's sniper, called from the crow's-nest. Usopp was a slim, somewhat dark-skinned teenager with medium-length black curly hair and a long nose. He wore an olive green plaid bandanna, a blue and white striped armband on his left arm, special sniper goggles, brown overalls with a white sash and no shirt underneath. He also was carrying with him a yellow satchel. The news lead the crew's Capitan, Luffy, and Doctor, Chopper, to cheer, dance, and all around annoy the then sleeping first mate, Zoro. Luffy wears a straw hat. He wears short trousers along with sandals and a sleeveless red vest. Luffy also has a scar with two stitches underneath his left eye and short black hair. Appearing to be scrawny underneath his shirt, he has a surprisingly well-built physique. Most of the time, Chopper is a toddler-sized human/reindeer hybrid, but, because he ate a Devil Fruit*, he can change his appearance depending on the situation. Chopper's left antler is braced at the base by a metal plate. He wears a large pale red/pink fuzzy top hat with a sideways medical cross and a maroon pair of shorts. He also wore a blue backpack that has the same sideways medical cross as his hat. He also has a remarkable blue nose. Zoro was an average sized, muscular young man with lightly tanned skin. He carries around three swords, bundled up with a green haramaki over his right hip. He has three identical gold earrings on his left earlobe. Zoro has a black bandanna tied around his left bicep. "Will you guys quit goofing around. We have to get ready to dock the ship.", Nami, the navigator, shouted as she emerged from the women's sleeping quarters. Nami is a young, normal-sized and skinny girl with orange hair and light brown eyes. Many people consider her to be very attractive or even beautiful. She has a blue tattoo on her left shoulder which represents oranges and pinwheels. On her left wrist, she wears the Log Pose**, which she needs in order to be the navigator of the ship, and a gold bracelet. She wore a light yellow short-sleeved shirt paired with maroon trousers, and orange high-heeled sandals. "Aw~!", Luffy Whined, "Nami..!"
WHAM!"Shut-up and do what Nami-san*** tells you, baka****.", scolded Sanji, the crews chief, as he kicked Luffy in the head. Sanji was a slim, yet muscular, long-legged young man with blond hair and keeps his hair brushed over the left side of his face. Sanji's most distinctive physical traits are his eyebrows. Both form a spiral but at different ends. This, however, was not fully seen due to his hairstyle. Sanji wore a black, double-breasted suit with a tie and long-sleeved, buttoned shirt. He also wore dress shoes.
To prevent any more delay, the Straw hats began their process of docking the ship. Zoro, finally awake, lifted the anchor from its spot, hanging from the front left side rail of the ship, and rested it on his shoulder till it was time to weigh it. Usopp climbed down from the crows-nest, passing by the Straw hats archeologist, Robin, who was reading a book per usual. Robin was a tall, slender, yet athletic woman with shoulder length black hair. Her eyes are blue with dark, wide pupils, and she has a long, thin and defined nose. Many people would consider her to be very attractive or beautiful. She wore a white cowboy hat, along with a tan sleeveless shirt and blue pants reaching to her calves, with a simple belt around her waist, and purple high-heeled Mary Janes. Chopper, transforming into his more human form, went to the ships steering pole and steered the Going Merry towards the island.
The island was mostly covered in a large temperate forest. In the center of the island was a forest covered mountain that lightly kissed the clouds. The only major thing on the island that was not a forest was a small village to the mountains west. As the Straw hats docked the ship, far enough from the town to not be noticed but close enough that they didn't have to walk far, Luffy called out to a resting Zoro, "Zoro! Watch the ship, ok?" Zoro mumbled a reply before returning to sleep. The rest of the crew climbed off the Going Merry and began walking to the village, Luffy humming a song with Usopp and Chopper following suit. Robin, in the back of the group, saw a vaguely human shape move out of the corner of her eye. As she was just about to turn to see what exactly it was, Luffy called out, "Oi~! Robin! Aren't you coming?" Robin quickly looked to her side to find nothing in the forestry brush before replying, "Of course Captain-san***." She then continued to follow the group to the town.
*:Devil Fruit= mystical fruit that can give the eater many different and varying kinds of strange and interesting abilities depending on the type and variation of the fruit itself
**:Log Pose= a navigational device necessary for traveling the Grand Line
***:-san= title of respect added to a name
****:baka=Japanese for idiot
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