Uta uta no mi the singing doll
Hey there fellow readers, I'm back! I'm happy to see some people are following! Not much reviews, but there is a saying "No news, good news". Doesn't work with everything, but I think it is a good thing since I didn't receive any bad comments. I will continue writing as long as there are people following. Do keep in mind that you can remove the following if I am getting on your nerves. Well, it is time for the Kidd Pirates to meet the singing doll. Let's just hope it will be fine.
CopraMeow: Yes, I thought it was a good idea and I didn't want Smile to be a Captain. Maybe later if people are interested, but not for now. Not all supernovas are Captains, right? I do imagine a group of pirates going on the creepy side and fighting for the little singing doll, though. ;)
MeowzDj: Well, I'm happy that you appreciate my writing ^-^ Sorry for the misunderstanding on my part, by the way.
Having picked up and cleaned everything in the manor, Smile was waiting for Kidd to come back. He said he would bring his crew over to introduce her to them. It was a pain in the neck aboard the ship, he said. She chuckles:
«Meeting a pirate crew. Normal people would fear this moment the most, but I'm all excited»
Kan purrs next to her:
«It is your brother's crew, after all. You have nothing to fear from them»
«You're right. I'm so happy, Kan, Meimu»
The little bat cuddles in Smile's neck. Smile wasn't worried about herself. She was a little worried about the crew's reaction at the sight of her two friends, though. You don't see a black panther and a white neck bat very often, even less when you are sailing. Would they accept them? She really hoped so. She goes in her room and opens a wardrobe that was hidden in the shadows at the right of the room. Some black dresses, different corset, different frills…she couldn't take them all, she didn't really wear them all. How did they all end up there, then? They were already there when she arrived. She just decided to change them to her taste a little. She had a lot of time to take care of the things inside this manor since the incident at the marine base. She lifts an arm and feels a slight pain in her left shoulder. She grins:
«Looks like my wounds aren't perfectly closed, yet. I'll have to be careful around the crew so they don't notice»
«Don't you think you should tell Kidd about this?»
She turns to Kan:
«I should…but he will surely ask what happened and…I don't think I'm ready to talk about it, just yet»
«I understand, but you will have to tell him before these wounds get in the way or endanger anyone. I'm not saying that you aren't careful, but the wounds have started hurting you again since yesterday»
«I know, Kan, I'm just not ready!»
Smile walks away from the wardrobe to let herself fall on the puffy bed. She closes her eyes, fighting against the emotions coming up. She trembles:
«I don't want to remember…I don't want this to happen ever again…I just want to be free»
Kan lies down next to the bed, respecting her need of tranquility. Meimu goes hang upside down to the window. A heavy silence fell on the room and the manor.
That manor is too damn silent. He was expecting his little sister to be singing out loud when he would arrive to scare the hell out of his crew, but there wasn't even a single sound. Kidd opens the doors loudly:
«Oy Smile! Where the hell are you?!»
No answer. Where could she have gone to? He told her to wait until he came back! Some running footsteps resound upstairs and also the sound of doors, but no one appears. He frowns:
«What the hell is she doing?»
The red door up the stairs starts opening, cracking in a creepy way. It leads to a dark room…and nothing could be seen inside. Kidd smirks:
«Well, who wants to go?»
They look at him as if he was crazy. Some footsteps resound loudly from the dark room. Her arms behind her back, smiling in a creepy way, Smile appears from the shadows with Meimu on her shoulder and Kan following close behind:
«So these are the Kidd Pirates.»
She walks down the stairs, putting a hand on the railing like a lady, and stops at a certain distance from the ground, but still close. She makes a sweet bow before smiling in a cute way to the crew:
«It is an honor to meet you all»
First reaction of the crew: A little girl ?!
Second reaction: Wild beasts?!
What the hell was the meaning of this?! They hear the girl chuckle:
«Is something the matter?»
They all look at Kidd who smiles in his usual way:
«She's my sister, Smile. She'll be coming with us, so you better watch yourselves»
Meaning, don't touch her or you'll hear about me. The message was quite clear, but they looked really unsure about this.
Smile couldn't see a single girl among them. She kept the same expression, but started hesitating. Could she really go with them? Kan growls next to her, making the pirates twitch, but making her calm down. She already said yes to her brother. She couldn't turn tail now. It would be a disgrace and she would insult her brother. She wasn't the weak little girl from back then. Kidd looked happy about her coming. Was it just an impression or was it real? She couldn't tell yet. She had yet to understand her brother better than that.
A chocolate cookie-like backpack on her back, Smile opened round eyes at the sight of the ship. The skeleton front figure, the shape of the ship, it was impressive. Kidd arrives next to her, smiling:
«You're speechless. Never saw a pirate ship before?»
«Oh, I did, but they were just some fishing boats next to that!»
It seems to flatter her brother:
«Well, it is my ship, after all»
She chuckles:
«Impressive, really»
Kan purrs next to her:
«There is a fresh smell of blood coming from it»
Kidd looks up to the ship:
«Just some damn marines being fucking annoying»
Smile chuckles. They were still trying to attack even after what happened? Some idiots, they were! Kidd goes aboard the ship:
«Get going, guys! We're leaving!»
She comes aboard the ship with Kidd, but stops next to the main mast to look up at it. A smirk appears on her face as she spots the ropes leading to the crow's nest. She goes to them and climbs up. It doesn't take long for Kidd to notice she stopped following, but she had already reached the empty Crow's nest. A hand holding on the wood, her feet holding with the ropes, she looks at the sea from up there.
«The sea is beautiful from the Crow's nest»
«Oy Smile! What the hell are you doing? Get down here!»
She looks down to Kidd and notice a slight pink color on his cheeks. Did something happen? She swiftly goes down next to her brother:
«Is something wrong?»
«No, nothing! Just follow me, you hear?»
Not seeing what the problem was, Smile follows him, toddling silently on the wooden floor.
Damn, doesn't she know they could see everything under her skirt?! It's a chance that she moves swiftly. Otherwise, she would have showed a thing or two to the crew! She did say she liked red, but Kidd didn't though she would go this far at liking the color! He had already seen underwear like these, but on a woman older than Smile! Now that he thought about it, he didn't ask for her age. That would have to be later. He looks back just for a second. She was following him. She was so silent he couldn't hear her, even with those large shoes. How did she do it? That would also have to wait. There was only one room that wasn't used in the ship. He opens the door to it…and glares at all the dust and spider webs. It wasn't supposed to be like that.
«I told these guys to take care of it, those fuckers»
Smile looks at the room, not even caring about some dust and webs. She was actually thinking about the things she could repair and do in there. Was that a parrot stand? She could repair it for Meimu. That old cushion could be a good spot for Kan if she stuffed it a little more. She turns to Kidd with a wide smile:
«I prefer to take care of it, actually. I'll have some work to do, but it will do just fine»
She walks a little inside and pokes the bed's mattress, seeing a little cloud coming from it:
«It mostly needs to be dusted»
She takes the mattress in her arms, disappearing behind it. She hears Kidd laugh out loud and she changes her angle so she could see him.
«Damn, you're so fucking small you disappeared behind it!»
Not used to have people laughing like that, Smile was staring at him, a little unsure. She passes next to Kidd with the mattress silently, her brother not even noticing, and she goes to the deck to blow the dust away. The crew was looking at her from a distance. She had always frightened people since she became the singing doll, but she would have thought that a pirate crew wouldn't be scared at approaching her. She chuckles lightly:
«At least they won't get in my way if I ever get to fight»
She hears the soft steps of Kan arrive behind her and she lifts the mattress from the side of the ship:
«Looking around, Kan?»
Meimu lands on the panther's shoulder:
«Just a little, but only if you are around. Those pirates don't really trust us, yet»
Smile looks around a little:
«I suppose you are right. We'll show them they can trust us. Right, Meimu?»
The bat flaps its wings and screeches happily. Smile's expression got soft. She didn't know what she would do without those two.
High up on the Crow's nest, Killer was looking down at Kidd's sister. She was talking with her two animals, certainly about the crew. She didn't seem bothered by the looks she was receiving.
«Doesn't look like she will be the first to go to them, though»
What if he tried? She was going to be a crew member, anyway. Someone taking his place, Killer jumps down the ropes and lands right next to Smile:
«What are you doing?»
Okay, she had to admit it, she didn't saw him coming. She jumped a little to look at him. She stopped a sight if relief from leaving her lips and lifted the mattress a little:
«Taking care of the room. It is a little dusty, but it's nothing to be bothered about. I might repair some stuff too»
A sweet smile appears on her face:
«I won't make it girly, of course. It will be as normal as possible, but I'll work hard to put it back in shape»
She was determined to do it. She got pretty good at that when she was inside the manor, too. She notices Killer's head tilting on the side a little:
«Back in shape?»
She nods happily:
«Yes, Stuffing the cushions, putting the wood back together. Hum, maybe I'll remove the old paint too, it is starting to crumble»
Talking about it made her forget someone was next to her. She was back to her old self. The smiling and charming one.
When Kidd walked on the deck to go take his sister back, he spotted her all smiling and charming next to Killer. What had he told her? He wasn't really trying to get this close to his sister, was he? He walks in a grumpy way to Smile and takes the mattress in her arms:
«Why the hell do you wander off every fucking time?»
He glared a little at Killer, but made sure to look down at Smile so she doesn't notice.
Smile looks up at Kidd, popping out of her thoughts:
«I never was able to stay in place»
She takes a cute sorry face:
«Sorry»
Kidd sighs:
«At least tell me where the hell you're running off and when you're doing it»
She chuckles:
«Did you actually lose sight of me?»
Kidd doesn't answer. He takes her hand:
«Come on, I have other things to show»
He drags her inside. Smile waves a hand at Killer, showing with her expression she was sorry, and tries as best as she could not to fall. He was walking fast.
Killer sighs. Kidd only found out that he has sister and he doesn't want to lose her. But it wasn't a reason to glare at him. Like he would steal her away from him. She was too happy to be with him, anyway. There was something special about this girl, though. The way she completely changed when she talked. He was a little surprised to see she had completely forgotten about him being next to her, but it proved that she wasn't always keeping this scary and mysterious appearance. She was still a girl like any other, but with a different background. He'll have to figure what this background was, outside from being Kidd's sister.
Smile followed her brother all around the ship, feeling overjoyed under her creepy smile she had. She was with her brother. She was listening to his every word, nodding here and there to show she was following. They had stopped in front of a door.
«Well, that's my cabin. If anything happens and I'm not on the deck or in the kitchen drinking, that's where I'll be»
He turns to her:
«Oh, Smile, by the way, I'm still your Captain»
«I know that…Captain»
A little smirk had appeared on her lips at the last word, somehow making him annoyed:
«What's the smirk, for?»
«Nothing particular. I'll just have to get used to calling someone like this»
She closes her eyes. They only people she had to call like that, she only knew their title, not their names. She opens her eyes and looks at the door:
«Can I go see?»
«No»
«Okay…»
She gets an idea and smirks:
«Then, if I can't go in…»
She turns to him and quickly closes her arms around him, or at least as far as she could around him:
«I'll steal a hug!»
She quickly runs away, laughing.
*Somewhere at a marine base*
The marine is running. He just received important information and must hurry to go and tell it. He knocks quickly at the door of the boss of the base:
«Captain! We've received some important information!»
The door opens on a tall man with brown hair wearing the marine uniform with the medals and the decorations proving that he was the captain. The left side of his face was mutilated with fang marks, leaving a red and pink skin, and he had some burning marks that he quickly hid with gloves. His green eyes were glaring at the young marine of the information section:
«It better be. I will not accept to be disturbed for futilities»
The marine lifts a hand to his forehead in salute and hands him a paper. The colonel takes the paper. An evil smirk appears on his face:
«So that's where you've been hiding»
He puts the paper in his coat:
«You did a good job. Now go back to your place»
«Yes sir!»
The marine leaves running and the colonel gets back in his desk.
«You escaped me at that time, but you won't survive the next time. You better be prepared, singing doll»
Well, this is it for now. I know it's not long, sorry. It just got busy these past days. I'll catch up in the next chapter. Well, introducing an enemy for Smile. I'll let you find out where he comes from. Maybe you already have an idea. I didn't choose his name yet, but I will for the next time he appears. So, did you like it? Smile is already freaking out the crew. She'll have to be careful with Killer watching her, though. Well, until next time, everyone.