I do not own Nasuverse, One Piece or any other movie/book/game/comic book/song/series that might be mentioned here. I just own these couple of words that i wrote.
Warning: Some swearing there and there.
Chapter 7: Hello world!
Using one of his hands, Sanji took his cigarette out of his mouth, exhaled and then put it back. The weather was hot, incredibly so, having just won a cooking competition, and a very good quality fish, made the air feel perhaps even hotter. The presence of couple dozen other people was not making things better. If he could only see some beauty that would make his heart pound. There was Carmen, the fellow cook, she was a beauty in a way, but she was already gone. Pity. The elephant tuna was being packed as he stood there. Elephant tunas were fish native to South Blue, earlier that day it was found here, in Lougetown, East Blue of all places, and caught. At first, it puzzled him what a fish from South Blue is doing here, but then the sailors told him that many fish from other regions appear here from time to time. To Sanji, that was a great piece of news: All Blue seemed more real than ever before. Most people blamed the oddity on some currents around the island.
All Blue: A mystical sea that is said to have fish from all around the world living there, in one place. A sea cooks dream, a heaven from them. All the best meat, the ingredients in one place, just waiting to be caught and made into an art that cooking is and then fill the bellies of other people.
Wherever you are All Blue, just wait for Sanji to find you. He will find it!
Even if his captain appears less than competent...
Inhale.
Exhale.
The cigarette smoke disappeared rather slowly. The air was barely moving.
Sanji looked around, then up at the sun, hoping to hypnotize the sky and that at least a tiny could would appear but it was useless. He was ready to taste the cigarette in his mouth once more when he froze and looked around. His pervy senses were tingling. There is a hot babe somewhere around! The previously inactive senses turned on as he honed in on her, and he found her, walking through the crowds. To his luck, he caught a glimpse of her oh so perfect face. It was like a sculpture, a masterpiece! Not too tanned, not too pale, those gorgeous lips just asking to be kissed! Eyes red like blood that was running wild in his veins looking around with innocent wonder, so much life inside them! Hair black, barely seen under that hood, but it was so smooth, black like coal, appearing to be red like the highest quality red wine in existence once the sun touched it with it's rays.
And the figure, oh the figure! Not even the clothing that she wore could hide it from his eyes! Not too much fat, not too much muscle! Legs as if they belonged to a goddess, bust, perfect and round!
"Melorineeee!" Sanji dashed forwards, throwing his arms to sides, preparing to touch the miracle that stood there, the beauty turned around and looked at him, allowing him the sight of her entire face. If his blood was pumping fast before, now the speed broke all records. "So gorgeous, so wonderful! Like a divine being that descended from heav..."
Wham!
Those beautiful arms... touched him... he is so happy!
Sanji flew across the street, crashed into the building he was leaning previously and slid onto the ground, mind still filled with the images of the wonderful woman there.
"M...my goddess." Those were his last words before he fainted.
Scathach looked down at the odd blond and shook her head. If this was some anime, he would have hears instead of eyes, there was no need to imagine blood running down his nose as it was already there and the large face splitting smile was a bit disturbing to look at.
"What is with him?" The surrounding people flinched and moved away. Seeing that she will not get an answer, she shrugged her shoulders and moved on.
"Rain! Thunder! Boom! Boom!" People gave the odd green thing on her head, under her hoodie odd looks. Even more joined as the bunny started to imitate the sound of rain. It was not the bunny alone that got odd looks, then again most people do not wear cloaks that look warm enough to protect one from a snow storm on a scorching day like this. Then again, most cloaks do not have runes etched into them, unlike the surrounding people, she felt nice and cool, no way she is putting it away and suffering like other unfortunate souls!
Light blue, snow white fur on the hood, sleeves and some of fluffiness even touching her feet. Yeah... they had a reason to look at her oddly. Like today, the day before... and a week before that. When is Luffy coming already?!
"Boom!"
"You think it is going to rain?"
"Thunder!"
"I will make sure to be careful then."
The time moved slowly as she walked the through the docks, she was hoping to spot a ship that could be described as 'cool, woody and smiling', that is how Luffy at least described it. He also said that he already has a swordsman, a navigator, cook and a liar in his crew.
...
Scatty needs to whack some sense into his dumb skull, it appears that he misses the old times when she did that on daily basis. If he ends up leaving her here, she will tip off Garp as revenge and send him after Luffy. As Scatty looked over an odd ship with some rather good looking orange trees on top and a white ram like head in front, she cursed her little brother once more for not giving her better info. Seeing that she will not find the ship she is looking for even today, she turned around and left the docks. If Luffy will not show up even today, she can always flip off the local marines, some pirates too before stealing all their belongings. Scatty already accumulated a nice amount of money by sealing some of the things that the dumb pirates brought into the town.
There were some things that... well, it would be plain bad to sell for money, those things ended with Smoker, a local Marine Captain, one in charge of local 'authorities'. While the guy could smile a bit more often, he was a fair guy, a rarity among marines. She knew him, he knew her, they met years ago. The only reason why he tolerated her here was because she did not have a bounty (yet) and that she took out the worst pirates before anything could happen. He still was not happy that she liked to target his men or that she kept some of the loot though.
Once or twice, Mint took flight and started looking around but always decided that it is far more pleasant under her hood.
The second place to check was the rather large square where the King of Pirates was executed. Rumors said the he died with a large grin on his face. There was no idiot in a straw hat going around, no chaos meaning that he is not here. At least not yet. Scatty sighed, turned around and left, she would return here later, now she needed some food.
"Hey, I know you!"
The man there rose one of his eyebrows after he looked up.
"You are that creep that knocked me out all those years ago! Back in Goa!" On the other side of the room, a number of boxes fell down, that was followed by several bottles of spirits and angry yelling.
"Huh, you are still alive, good for you."
"So you remember me too." The man there put a glass to his lips and sipped the liquid in it. He still looked the same, not much had changed. Black messy mane, sharp eyes and a red tattoo on his face. She voiced what she saw right away.
"You on the other side have grown up."
"Can I join you? Mint here is a good company but I am starting to miss talking with a human being." Mint gave her an evil eye, but once she bribed him with a treat second later, everything was fine.
"Feel free to do so." An another set of bottles fell somewhere but those were ignored as well.
Scatty put down the coat, revealing more casual clothing underneath before sitting down and ordering food. The place was much cooler, if it was in a safer part of the town, it would be full of people, hoping to escape the heat outside. There were few people around, some were giving her rather frightful glances but were trying to hide it, likely because of the person she sat next to.
"That is a rather warm cloak."
"That is a rather cool cloak."
The two exchanged looks, then Scatty smiled mischievously. "Would you believe me if I told you than it is cooler with it than without it?"
"I think that I would."
Considering that this person likely knows more about the Grand Line than she after all those hours of researching inside the marine library, he was likely honest. One book did say that 'Grand Line is a place where reason and common sense flees through the open window'.
"So, what are you doing here is Loguetown? Hope that nothing bad going to happen this time."
"Me? No, nothing is going to happen, nothing over here. Just merely seeing someone off."
"Oh? Well if he is heading towards the Grand Line then good luck, heard that it is quite insane there."
"You haven't been there yet?"
"No, not yet. Waiting for an idiot little brother of mine."
"Pirate?"
"Yup."
"Then I wish you good luck."
"Thanks. Luck is going to be needed." The food arrived and Scatty began to eat. Some people left, some people arrived as she ate, the tattooed man ordered an another drink. Mint started flying around, though then it settled with the guy next to her, the said man pierced the flying animal with it's look. The sight of him glaring (or not glaring? He always seems to be glaring!) at Mint was funny though. The bunny is a good judge of a character, the man there is a good person. "Mint likes you." He dismissed the thing and went back to his drink.
"A pirate then? Not a marine?"
"Why on earth would I join the marines?"
"You appeared as the type to do so back then."
Scatty grimaced. Marines? "No way. If I did not have Luffy to look after, I would be running to the Revolutionaries in a heart beat."
He paused. "Not a fan of marines?"
"I have spend several years living at the main base of this sea, the one that had to be relocated. That sort of experience firmly persuaded me."
"Now that reminds me, the place is considered cursed now. Your work?"
A second later, Scatty largely resembled a well pampered cat, a gentle smile in place. A peak of innocence. "I warned Garp that I when I will leave, the place will not be the same."
"Monkey D Garp?"
"Luffy's grandpa, kinda cannot avoid his attention. Though he could marry me off to some idiot. Anyway... I though about gathering some blackmail to gain more 'favors' some of the things I have found there were quite disgusting."
"I can imagine."
"I bet you do. Considering your line of work."
"Found my face among the files?"
"I would have to be blind not to see it there." A sip of a juice, once there was nobody would could hear, she asked: "Soo... Luffy's dad?"
"Yeah."
"And you came here to see him off?"
"Correct. Can you promise me to keep him safe?"
"Keep him safe? That is like asking a sea king not to be big or a sea not to be wet. But I will protect him as good as I will be able to. He has to become the next King of Pirates before he can die. He is a very lively kid, heard that he did not change what so ever since I last saw him couple years ago. Still the same goofy idiot. Once he had the bright idea to feed an apple to a crocodile. You can imagine how it would have ended if one of us wouldn't have been around."
Monkey D Dragon did not answer, his face was unreadable, possibly lost in thoughts. Scatty left him like that and finished her food, payed but remained sitting. Scatty is not a fan of parents that abandon their kids, but with Dragon? Good luck rising Luffy there at some Revolutionary base, no her little brother is safer with Garp. Yes, even with Garp. Monkey D Dragon, simply known as Dragon, a man that appeared out of nowhere and took the world by storm, in no time becoming the most wanted man in the world, leader of the Revolutionary Army that fights against the World Government. More or less. They help to end pointless wars in numerous countries, get rid of corrupted people and so on. In other words, this would be her boss right now if she never met Luffy. Even if by some chance she would get recruited as a marine, her temper would not allow her to keep in line and watch as they bribe, kill innocents and protect the so called nobles. One day she would snap and run to the Revolutionaries anyway.
If it would be known who Luffy's father is, if the wide public knew, not only he would be in grave danger, actively hunted down by the marines, but also his chances becoming the Pirate King would be much smaller. He would have to train way harder for starters, he would need much more power from the start, more than a 'swordsman', 'cook', 'navigator', and a 'liar', not to mention Scatty doubted that the ship he managed to obtain is sturdy enough to withstand attack from all sides by the marines. It is better that Luffy's parents remain a secret from the world. For now.
The marines do know, but it appears that only the highest people and those do not seem to care about Luffy for now. As Luffy will gain reputation, it will change but hopefully when that happens, Luffy will have enough power and people standing behind him. Scatty will make sure to judge their loyalty herself in person and scare of any damn leech. Luffy is a great judge of a character but he is too crazy at times to make rational decisions.
Wait a second. Rationality and Luffy?
That really is not supposed to work together.
"Anyway, see you around. I still need to find him. With some luck he wont be in trouble. Again. Oh and Mint keeps saying that there is a horrible storm coming."
"I will keep that in mind."
Scathach said last good bye and left the place, few papers lighter. She so slipped him the blackmail/things she had on people. Maybe he will find something useful there, in that bigger on the inside bag she made. Not like she needs those papers, she remembers the most important stuff. And she needed to repay him for knocking her out back then, as weird as it sounds. If she did not get some rest back then, she would likely be dead now.
The sun outside was still hot as ever, though the wind was starting to move now. The pressures were changing and more sensitive people could sense the incoming storm, the wind was really starting to pick up. Great. Mint was now firmly hidden in her clothes, not a fan of strong winds, kinds comes with being light enough to fly. Though once she looked away from the sky, something else could be seen: There was unease among the people. The local residents were giving each other frightful looks, some whispering and some running in their own directions.
The words 'pirates' was in the air. Scatty's first though was that she would be getting extra sized plate of food this evening for capturing them. Her second thought warned her that she is still waiting for Luffy and while he got his bounty just mere days ago, it is not too impossible that people already recognize him. Not even his poster was properly out yet! When the word 'square' could be heard, Scatty just shook her head, sighed and told herself that she might just as well head there and see what was happening. Her clothes were waterproof, if the storm does start early the biggest problem will be the strong wind.
"It is the Buggy Pirates! They are taking over the square!"
Well, that just answered her question. Scatty knew buggy, she had the 'honor' of meeting him once. The meeting was short but memorable for the other party. Wonder if he is still wearing that ridiculous clown make up and a red nose, or if he is still fond explosives. They were neat... but paled when compared with the stuff that Zel sometimes send her. Scatty swears that Zel is some sort of a mad genius.
Some people were fleeing from the square, those with more brains but some people were running towards it for whatever reason, though that reason soon made itself known when another words could be heard, this time they were 'execution' and a 'kid'. All she could do was to roll her eyes. Damn them for being dramatic. Just do your stuff and leave if you wanna live, Loguetown is pretty much soaked with marine forces due to it being a favorite stop for pirates that want to sail on Grand Line. It is not exactly worth sticking your head out of the crowd in here! Though it would be sad if some random kid lost his or hers life because of some moron with a bad sense of fashion. Scatty sped up and soon she was running. As she moved closer and closed the people whispering were becoming rarer and rarer, sky was starting to darken. There was almost silence. Almost.
That silence was broken by two voices, firm and loud for an entire square to hear them but not loud enough for Scatty to hear as she was still too far. She felt her muscles strengthen as she reinforced herself and dashed forwards.
"P-pirate hunter Zoro!"
"Sanji! Zoro!"
Scatty's brain stopped, just for a moment as it processed the new information that it revived. Zoro? Cool, she always wanted to meet that guy, they said that he is good with swords. Sanji? Never heard. But the owner of the second loud voice just made her blood boil. She is so damn going to kill him, screw her promise to Dragon. The moment she spotted the square, people were already parting, creating a wide corridor for two figures who were, however, now uninteresting for the angered spear-woman. What as more interesting was what was in the middle of the square. A tall platform made from wood and cold steel, tall enough for the entire square to see what was going there, and right on top of the platform were two people. First, the only standing was Buggy the Clown. Nope, he was still wearing that make up. The one in a less favorable position was... Luffy.
Sword met sword, people yelled in fright and Buggy began to laugh as he rose that weapon above Luffy who was trapped, unable to do anything. Yet he was still smiling. It was almost an apologetic smile. "Sorry... I am dead."
Fuck no. It is me who is going to kill you for allowing me this sight as the first after three years.
The sword moved, the air cracked and she shot forward like a bullet.
It was hard to tell what happened first. A massive thunderbolt hit the platform, so massive that almost everyone was blinded by the brightness, the air heated rapidly and the sound of thunder deafened everything. In a bright, unearthly red flash, Scathach crashed into the platform, effectively destroying it. The remains of what once used to be a platform cracked and fell over. It began to finally rain and stunned silence fell onto the area. Luffy let out a silent 'huh?' squirmed in her hand a bit and only then he looked at her.
"Oh hey Scatty." And he started looking for his hat.
Not being able to say anything to that, she just remained there with one knee on the ground as he stood up and with a big grin went to find his hat. "What do you know, I got lucky!" And he laughed. "Hoooi! Zoro! Sanji! Seen that? I was so worried for a while!"
Scathach stood up, turned around and looked at the two people Luffy was talking to. A blond, the odd pervert from before. A man with a bandanna on his head and three swords, easily to be identified as Zoro. If the situation was different, Scatty would ask herself how had Luffy managed to get him into his list of friends, but now? Now she was angry. "Oh, right! Guys! I would like you to meet..."
"Luffy-kun?"
"Yes?"
"What did we tell each other about dying?" Naturally, her tone was too sweet for the moment, though it took him about five seconds of dumb staring before he realized what she meant. Once his slow brain remembered, his eyes bulged. Rather comically at that. "And what was with the first words you said to me in such a long, long time, hum?"
"ZORO! SANJI! Save me! She is going to KILL ME!"
Scatty's expression formed into a one that would be able to stop wars, black miasma spread in all directions and the sound of rain was replaced by cries of doomed. Adding to that, it appears that other people did not react to that visage well, people began to scream as well, just as well as a few... marines. "W-W-Witched Scathach! Run! She is on a rampage!"
"Get a grip soldier!"
Scatty's eyes bore into Luffy's back as he ran by his two friends, leaving them behind. The two looked dumbly at each other, at her and then sprinted after Luffy. Scatty, like persistent, horrid nightmare followed. Some guys in white uniforms stood before them in some strange attempt to stop the fleeing pirates, though after seeing what exactly is after the boy with a straw hat, they quickly turned around and ran, some pitting the boy and his crew mates, some trying to hide from the demon witch.
The storm quickly became quite violent, even the bravest ones hid inside their houses. There was no need for them to be outside and endure that! Heavy rain falling down, so dark that one could barely see anything and lightning crashing everywhere. And there were the pirates running loose. There were tons of marines as well, some other brave men and women to take care of them.
"What the hell is wrong with that woman!"
"Luffy! What did you do to anger such a beauty?! You bastard!"
And then there was the crazy one. Scathach was known to be quite nice, but utterly frightening when in a bad mood. She helped many, got some reputation around during her short stay... but never ever get on her bad side. One never knows when he ends up hanging upside down from a random house first thing in the morning. For example. Luffy cried in fright once again. "When I get my hands on you, I will make you think that Garp's fist of love are gentle!" His cry intensified. So naturally when a man appeared before them, complete in a marine uniform, bike behind, two cigarettes in mouth, white hair and a (in this case) somewhat scary expression that would make one think twice about attacking him he was... ignored. Though one had to give it to him that his expression did not change what so ever when Luffy and his two friends ran by him.
"Witch D Scathach... while I was hoping to stop Straw Hat here, I guess that you will have to do." And now he pretends as if she was the only one to run through this street.
To vent her anger, Scatty summoned one of her spears and stuck it into the ground which exploded more or less. Not all of it was gone but she felt better. "Hey Smoker."
"I got a tip that you might want to join with the boy, not entirely sure why though, but you did try to save him on the platform."
"If you wanna chat, then sorry but I have a ship to catch."
"If you ignore me, that I will go after the boy." Her eyes hardened. "Give yourself to me and I will see to a fair trial." She looked at him for a few seconds, then at the sky and then at the buildings and the small crater into which she poured her anger seconds ago. "Before I arrest you, tell me, are you a devil fruit user?"
"No, of course not. I like swimming way too much."
"Now that is troublesome. But I guess that you still will not be able to break these." The man pulled out a pair of shackles and started moving forwards, Scathach observed him.
"I am a witch, have you forgotten?"
"Hmph, a real magic user?"
She moved fast, using the skills she gained over years, Smoker could only stare as the sea stone wrapped around his hand. Sea Stone, an odd mineral that is rumored to be hard as a diamond, yet at the same time sips away the power of Devil Fruit users. Sadly, Smoker is a devil fruit user. "Sorry Cap, if we were to battle, you could have won, I could have won, it would most certainly be a blast, but I don't exactly have the time to trash this pretty city." Smoker fell onto one of his knees, using only sheer will he was able to look up, finally his expression changed to one filled with anger. It probably was not every day that someone did this to him. "Damn crafty woman."
Scatty gave the guy one more look and turned around. Smoker is one of the last people one wants to anger, something which she did just now, it will probably come to haunt her sooner or later but she had other things to do now. "Don't you dare to leave." But she left. Reinforcing her body once more, she sprinted across the street right into the docks. If he was saying something else, all the sound disappeared in a next gust of a very, very violent wind, so unnatural and strong that the very buildings around her began to crack with strain. And the wind smelled with power. A power she recognized, but could not point the origin. As fast as it came it was gone, the memory of the wind stored for later examination.
Everyone was on the ship, they made it just barely before the ship was too far to jump on. They already said their hellos, they quickly spread and started steering she ship, trying to get as far away as possible. This... was an interesting day. For some it was more peaceful, for some more action filled but it ended like always when one hangs around Luffy. In utter madness. The guy is like a damn trouble magnet but at the same time a hole on infinite luck! To the horror of the cremates Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji he was enjoying every second of this.
He was saved by the lightning bolt at first, but then that crazy ass woman appeared and chased them across the streets. The only good thing about it was that they made it into the port in a record time. "Luffy! How could you have angered a beauty like that!" If only Sanji would stop going over her already.
"Somehow, I don't want to know what happened." Nami said as she held the steering wheel.
"But Luffy, it appeared that she knew you." Seeing as nobody is paying attention to him anymore, Zoro shrugged and let it go. They are entering Grand Line, now that was something really worth looking forward to. But it appears that luck was not on his side. There was a loud crash, loud enough to be heard in the wind and everyone turned around to spot a certain someone. Well shit. Witch D Scathach, it was hard not to get her name. Zoro did hear about her before but he thought that she would be a bit more... reserved.
Nami yelped and bit, Usopp did the same, Sanji started fawning over her looks and Zoro prepared for battle. Just how handful can his captain get? "Heeey! Scatty! I was worried that you would not make it! Hahaha!" Everyone looked at Luffy as if he grew an another head. What. The. Hell?
"What do you mean make it?!"
"Who is she anyway?"
"Don't tell me that she is coming with us." "Please tell me that this melorine is coming with us!"
"How did she get here anyway?! We are too far away from the land!"
Scathach was currently standing on the main deck, for change looking rather bored, the hood was no longer covering her head allowing the water to pour on her head but the coat was still on her shoulders shielding her from the merciless weather conditions. For someone that just ran through the entire city, stayed behind to face that marine and somehow managed to get here all the way from the land, she looked rather good. "Luffy?"
"Yes?"
"You almost left me there."
His captain laughed rather nervously but that nervousness was soon gone. "You did not change at all. You still look like a demon when angry. If possible, you look even scarier..."
"Geez, thanks. I was working on my skills past three years."
"Yeah!" And he started laughing loudly. "You did a good job!"
"Wait, you two know each other after all?!"
"This is Scatty! She was my first friend ever!"
"More like you came to me and ordered me to join your crew."
Silence. "Yeah, that sounds like Luffy."
"Yeah.. I remember now. You did punch me quite hard the first time we met."
"Wait, wait, wait! Luffy, I absolutely forbid her to join! That woman she is..." Nami finaly rose from her hiding spot, and glared at Scathach. ".. she is evil!"
"Yeah, I know, It is Scatty after all."
"What what is with the nickname!" Scatty laughed as she saw Nami's face. She looked more like an angry shark than a human! " Don't laugh at me! I still remember what you did back then!"
"You were planning to scam me in case you have forgotten. I wouldn't have imagined that I would meet you here of all places. Blame it on Luffy's luck."
"But Namiii, I invited her years ago!"
"Why hadn't you said anything until now! Oh so should have known that I should stay away from you." Scatty started laughing even harder seeing her despair.
"Luffy, are you sure about her?" Zoro asked.
"Of course! She is my sis after all!"
"WHAT?" Four voices called at once, some more desperate than the others. Luffy laughed, Scatty joined him. The weird blond did not know if to be delighted or angry, the green haired one did a face-palm and Nami and the long nose looked as if they were about to faint.
"We haven't even entered the Grand Line and I already feel insane."
"If it makes you feel better, we are sworn siblings, we don't share blood, Pirate Hunter."
A while later, the crew of the Straw Hat pirates (that is how Luffy named his crew) came into terms that she would become the next member. Mostly. Nami was still glaring. Luffy was enjoying the tension, and the weather, and he was delighted due to the fact that the entrance to Grand Line is so close that it perhaps could be even seen if it was not for the storm.
"Is... is it alright to enter Grand Line in this weather?" Asked a guy with a long nose, one that was rather firmly attached to a mast. Judging by the expressions of others, his words will be ignored. Far in the distance, a light could be seen, Scatty red about it before. A lighthouse that is meant to show way to ships that are heading towards that dreaded sea, a 'guiding light'. The Grand Line is ahead of that lighthouse. Not even the darkness and the heavy rain made the light that came from it harder to see. The bond stopped fawning over her, finally, the Pirate Hunter was most certainly delighted with that scary smile of his, Nami's smile was a bit strained and the long nose seemed a tad bit worried. This is quite a crew that Luffy gathered.
"OK then! Shall we hold a launching ceremony on setting sail on that great ocean?"
"Yeah!"
"Sure!"
"Ley's do this!"
It took seconds before a nice looking barrel was positioned between them, all crew members standing around it.
"In order to find All Blue." Exclaimed the blond. Haha! A cook then!
Luffy was the second one to put his foot onto the barrel. "To become the King of Pirates!" Naturally. It would be very, very disappointing if he decided to turn back!
"To become a master swordsman!" Roronoa Zoro made a grin worthy of a demon, or perhaps a mix of a demon and a child next to his birthday cake. This guy is going to be fun!
"To draw a world map!" For a moment, Nami forgot about her presence, now a genuine smile was plastered on her face.
The long nose hesitated, but gathered enough courage to stand beside them. "I..I will become a... brave warrior of the sea!" A bit shaky but who knows what he will grow into. After all brave men are those that go in even though they are afraid, those that are not are just insane, Luffy is a great example.
Scatty, as the last and sixth one entered their small circle around the barrel, put her foot up on it as well. "To surpass Ace and live a life of freedom!"
Everyone grinned. Scatty's sixtht sense told her that the people in here are a very dangerous combination. Very dangerous in deed, she can't wait for the proper introductions!
And a wrap. Finally, Scatty meeting the crew, entering Grand Line in the next chapter. While I do like dragons and there were some scenes that made me laugh a lot in the dragon arc, I will not include it in this story. It always seemed out of place in my eyes. Some people pointed it out that the HP is not needed here and I can see why they would say that, but I will not be rewriting this story just to remove it. I might and probably will add magic of wizards at some later point, if allowed to learn I see no reason why Scathach would reject, especially if it would allow her and the rest to survive in the New World.
Wanted to make an Omake but couldn't think of anything good.