And here's a long chapter for everyone, where everyone can see Tani's weirdness (in all honesty, I'd probably be acting the same way...). Anyway, thank you to all who have favorited/followed this story. Is anyone else dying from the summer heat? I know I am. Enjoy the chapter!
After Luffy declared his dream, the looks on the marines face's as well as Zoro's face, caused Tani to lose it. She started laughing like no tomorrow, pointing her finger at the marines. She laughed so hard, her sides hurt and she fell on her back. More blood came out of her wound as she laughed, but she took no notice. She rolled onto her side, trying to breathe. After she calmed down, things started moving forward again, after everyone there gave her long looks that said billions.
"Is there something wrong with her?" She heard Zoro ask someone, probably Coby.
"Yes, unfortunately" Coby answered. Tani suddenly sat up and yelled out "OKAY! I can breathe again. Please continue!" She waved a hand and crossed her legs, as if they were having a conversation over tea.
"Are you mocking me, girl?" Morgan said to her. He had a vein pulsing on his head. Tani put a finger to her chin and made a thinking face.
"Yup!" She said happily. Coby got a horrified look and yelled at her "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Luffy started laughing and Zoro looked like he was questioning her sanity.
Oh, look! A squirrel!
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Anyway, Morgan looked like he was going to explode from rage. "A lowly peasant such as yourself dares to mock me, the great Captain Morgan?"
"Uh-huh" Tani said, nodding her head. "And you're not that great. I know of"- She counted on her fingers-"FIVE people that are better then you!" She held up one hand, fingers splayed. Luffy laughed at that.
"You're going to be king of the pirates? Right. You must be completely out of your rubbery mind. Do you have any idea what that means?" Zoro said, the plot getting back on track.
"King of the pirates means king of the pirates. How could it mean anything other than that?" Luffy answered 'smartly'.
"When he first told me, it was shocking, but he seems completely serious. That's just how he is, I suppose. He had every intention of becoming king of the pirates and finding the ultimate treasure, the One Piece" Coby said. He looked and sounded awed by Luffy's resolve. Tani was too, but hid it well. She knew he was going to say that. Luffy smiled and laughed.
"Here's what I promised you. There were three, so I couldn't tell which was yours, so I took them all!" Luffy said with a smile.
"All of them belong to me; I use Santoryu, the three sword style." Zoro said as he started wiggling in his bonds. He wanted to be let loose, apparently.
"Hm. Take them alright! Just know that if you fight with me now, you'll be a government defying villain. It's either that or you're left out here, killed by the marines, execution style!" Luffy comment, smiling. Tani knew that she wouldn't be able to say no if he asked her to join, but she'd feel like she was selfish if she asked him. She didn't want to change the plot.
"What are you, the son of the devil? It doesn't matter. If I don't choose your side, I'll just be dead on these sticks. So let's do it" Zoro said, smiling devilishly. You're finally talkin' Zoro!
"HAHAHA! YOU'RE FINALLY JOINING MY CREW! THIS IS THE BEST EVER!" Luffy yelled, celebrating.
"Would you quit celebrating already and get these ropes off me!" Zoro yelled at his new captain. The marines started gawking at Luffy's ability and Morgan explained about the Devil Fruits. Tani already knew all that, so she ignored him.
"Hey Luffy, I think you scared the marines" Tani told him, pointing at them again. "Nice job." She gave him a thumb up with her good hand. The other one was experiencing some difficulty when it came to moving.
Luffy smiled at her and said "I've got my first crew mate!"
"Wait. I thought she was in your crew" Zoro asked, nodding at Tani.
"Nope! We picked her up out of sea." Luffy answered, turning to Zoro.
"They saved my life, so I'm trying to think of a way to repay them" Tani put in. Luffy then started trying to untie the ropes. Tani stood up, stumbled a bit on unsteady feet (she still felt light headed) and helped him.
"Come on! Hurry!" Coby said.
"They got these things on here tight" Luffy said, pouting in frustration as he pulled on the ropes.
"Come on! Quit screwing around!" Zoro yelled at Luffy and Tani. Tani got the ropes she was working on to loosen a bit. She made a victory sound and continued trying.
"I doesn't matter what kind of abilities they have, all who oppose me are executed. If the guns don't work, we CHOOOP!" Morgan yelled rising his axe hand in the air. The marines started running at them with swords in their hands. Zoro looked ahead with a panicked looked. Coby had the same expression on his face. Tani thought it wise to get out of Zoro's way.
"That's funny, the knots got tighter instead of looser" Luffy said, either he had no idea about the danger coming at them, or he was ignoring it.
"Gimme one of my damn swords now!" Zoro yelled with shark teeth at Luffy.
"AHH! Luffy look!" Coby yelled at Luffy. Luffy looked over and then gave Zoro his swords. Zoro cut himself free, and stopped all the marines in their tracks. Luffy, who was holding rope pieces in his hands, and Coby looked awed. Morgan looked shocked and horrified at the same time.
"WOW! THAT'S SOO COOL!" Luffy yelled.
"GO ZORO!" Tani yelled, standing next to Luffy.
"Make one move and you die." Zoro said, looking at the marines behind him. The marines started crying like babies, saying how scary Zoro was. Tani laughed. Zoro just looked so epic and devil-like that she had to.
"Today I officially become a criminal, having fought the marines. So I'll become a pirate that I can promise you. But I want you to know one thing. The only thing I dedicate myself to, is accomplishing my ambition."
"Which is?" Luffy asked
"To be nothing less than the words greatest swordsman. If along the way I have to give up that ambition I want you to take responsibility, after which you get to apologise to me" Zoro continued.
"The world's greatest swordsman. Sounds pretty good. The king wouldn't have any less then the best on his crew" Luffy answered, looking pleased. He must be, Tani thought, he did get his first crew mate.
"Big talker. From this point on, no matter if I'm a criminal or not, I will spread the name 'Zoro' throughout the world!" Zoro said. Tani had a fan-girl moment in her head at his awesome speech. Morgan started yelling at the marines. Since his voice was getting on her nerves, Tani tuned him out. The marines started shaking in fear.
"Might want to duck" Luffy said as he lifted his foot off the ground. Tani and Zoro ducked. Tani did because she knew from where she was standing; she would get hit when he followed through with his attack.
"GUM GUM WHIP!" Luffy shouted and swung his leg at the marines. Tani felt his leg go over her head. She allowed herself a moment of pride, she had been right. Luffy sent the marines flying back at Morgan.
"YES! You knocked them all down!" Coby said.
"You wanna tell me just what in the hell you are?" Zoro asked, after standing back up again.
"I'm just a guy who ate the gum gum fruit." Luffy answered.
"What's a gum gum fruit?" Zoro asked. The marines started talking among themselves as Tani answered Zoro's question.
"It's one of the Devil Fruits" Tani leaned back on her hands, and then yelped when her arm gave a painful throb. She had almost forgotten her injury. She held her injury again, cursing her father for giving it to her in the first place.
"This is a direct order. Every marine who just spouted weakness, pull your gun out and shoot yourself. I can't do anything with weak solders" Morgan ordered. Tani started fuming from where she sat.
"What babies. This'll be easy" Zoro said, cocking a sword, getting ready to attack.
"LUFFY!" Coby yelled as Luffy ran forward, going for Morgan. "BRING THOSE MARINES COMBILING TO THEIR KNEES!" Luffy went after Morgan, trying to punch him, but Morgan blocked with his axe hand. Zoro removed a sword from his mouth.
"Rankless lowlife! You have no right to go against my superiority. I am Captain Axe Hand Morgan!" Morgan yelled.
"KICK HIS ASS, LUFFY!" Tanith yelled.
"And I'm Luffy. Nice ta meet cha" Luffy answered back. Morgan went at Luffy with his axe. Luffy dodged easily enough. Morgan created a large fissure in the ground with his axe. Talk about power. Coby screamed when he saw that. Luffy pushed both his feet onto Morgan's face, causing him to fall down and skid on the ground. Luffy landed lightly on his feet. A marine commented on Morgan getting hit as Morgan slowly stood up.
"You runt!" Morgan said, raising his axe as Luffy ran toward him. "NOW DIE!" Morgan brought his axe down, trying to hit Luffy.
"I don't think so!" Luffy spun out of the way. After spinning for a second, Luffy kicked Morgan in the face. All the Marines had shocked and horrified expressions. Luffy grabbed Morgan's shirt and started punching him.
"You call yourself a marine, but you destroy my friend Coby's dream!" Luffy said as he punched Morgan.
"STRAW HAT! STOP RIGHT THERE! LOOK AT WHAT I GOT!" Helmeppo was suddenly there, with a gun pointed at Coby's head. Tani started getting up, ready to launch herself at Helmeppo.
Luffy ignored him and kept pummeling Morgan.
"Are you stupid or something? I said stop! If you paid attention to me, I have a hostage here you might want to look at!" Helmeppo continued. He was shaking badly, the gun rattling in his hand. Tani got into a position she could launch herself from, her legs under her, in a crouching position, when her arm gave another painful throb and she grunted her teeth gritting together.
"Stop. You're injured. Just relax and let us handle this" Zoro said to her. Tani looked at him, and then nodded, sitting back down in the dirt. "Hey" He said to Luffy.
"If you value your squatty little friend's life, you won't move a muscle! I'm serious! One move and I'll shot, I swear!" Helmeppo said, still shaking badly. Even Tani could see that he wouldn't be able to shot it. Luffy looked at Coby's scared face and then smiled.
"Luffy, Listen! Don't let whatever happens to me stop you, even if I die!" Coby said, getting some courage.
"Of course! You got it. You hear that you big idiot? Coby is ready to die by your hand!" Luffy said as he walked forward, his arm raised.
"Don't move! I said don't move, or I'll shoot I swear it!" Helmeppo said again. Tani would see Morgan raising his axe from above Luffy.
"LUFFY! BEHIND YOU!" Coby and Tani yelled at the same time. Hurray for unison screaming.
"GUM GUM…" Luffy said.
"Times up! Die by fearless marine Captain Axe Hand Morgan's hand!" Morgan yelled. Tani saw Zoro put his sword in his mouth again.
"Daddy, hurry up and kill him already!" Helmeppo yelled.
"PISTOL!" Luffy yelled and stretched his arm toward Helmeppo in a punch. Morgan's axe came down on Luffy. It stopped before it could hit him though.
"Nice one!" Luffy said. Morgan fell down and Zoro landed by Morgan's side. "Thank you" Luffy continued.
"I'm just doing my job, Captain." Zoro answered. Luffy smiled. Tani fell backward in relief. She had been really scared there, even though she had known what was going to happen. She also fell on her back because she felt light-headed. She hadn't noticed it before, though. Must be from all the blood she lost.
"If there's anyone else who wants to step forward to fight us, then do it now." Zoro called to the awed marines. The marines, however, started celebrating, throwing guns, swords and hats in the air with calls of 'WE'RE FREE!'
"That's weird. Looks like their all happy that their captain was beaten" Luffy said, watching them.
"They must have been afraid of him for a long time until we showed up!" Coby said happily. Zoro grunted and fell back, closing his eyes. Coby freaked out.
"ZORO! Are you okay? What's wrong?" Coby yelled.
"I'm just… Hungry" Zoro answered. Coby looked over at Tani and had a similar reaction.
"I'm okay. Just light-headed" Tani answered, looking up at the sky. "The sky is so blue today."
"…"
Tani then shut her eyes and fainted.
"I am stuffed! Having not eaten for three weeks, I was ready to bite through my boot straps!" Zoro exclaimed, rubbing his stomach. He had eaten a lot. What surprised everyone else was when Tani woke up and walked into the room, she started drooling when she saw food and ate with an animal like ferociousness. During food time, introductions had been made. She ate about as much as Zoro. Now, she leaned back in her chair.
"Ah. I haven't had a meal like that in for a while now!" Tani said, looking happy. This caused the others to look at her strangely.
"When was the last time you ate properly?" Coby asked her, looking sceptical. Tani thought about it and came up with an answer. She didn't want to lie, but didn't want to tell the truth, either. She settled for half-truths. She'd tell the truth when she could, though.
"I've been living off of bread and water for the past three years now" Tani said, answering his question. It was true, too. She could only steal a few slices of bread and a water bottle from her father. It sucked, really, but it kept her alive, even though she got sick a lot. Luffy, Zoro and Coby started at her like she'd gone insane. What kind of situation would call for her to fast like that?
"What happened to you to cause you to do that?" Zoro posed the question. Luffy was looking horrified at the prospect of only eating bread for a whole three years and Coby looked shocked.
"A certain… situation that I had been in for the past three years" Tani answered. She continued, masking the real truth, with a kind of, half-truth. "That's why you found me out at sea. I had left, wanting to return home, but got caught in a storm." Tani said. It had some truth to it. She had basically left, even though she had no idea how it happened. The home part was true, too. She did want to return home (to an extent). The storm part was the lie and as she said it, she made sure to look at them all and not let her face turn red. She was normally a bad liar, but she couldn't let herself be bad now. El was the good lair, as strange as it seemed. Though Tani could always tell when she was laying.
Luffy, Coby and Rika seemed to believe her. Zoro looked suspicious, but let it go and Rika's mother looked horrified. Telling Half-lies: Success!
"I can't believe you two are finished. Light weights" Luffy said, bring the conversation back to food. He was still eating. Tani didn't find this surprising. Since he was made of rubber, it made sense he'd have a rubber stomach and high metabolism. But still, the amount he was eating was still surprising. Zoro thought so too.
"How the hell can you have a bigger appetite then a guy who hasn't eaten in weeks?" Zoro asked, pointing at him.
"This just taste too good I guess. Right, Coby?" Luffy continued, still stuffing his face.
"Yeah, it's great! Thanks for fixing it for us" Coby looked sheepish, with his hand on the back of his head.
"My pleasure. After all, you guys did save the town" Rika's mom answered. Tani smiled. She liked Rika's mom. She kind of reminded Tani of her own mother. Mother had been nice like that, too.
"You the most amazing man I've ever met!" Rika said to Luffy causing him to smile with his mouth full.
"Yeah, I am. I know. I'll be even more amazing when I'm King of the Pirates and have the One Piece. Oh and the best crew on the seas" Luffy answered.
"So, Tani tell me what are you going to do?" Coby asked her. The brought everyone's attention on her. Tani blinked at his question and said "I'm not really sure. I want to go back to my home land. Thing is, though, I don't know where it is."
"How can you not know?" Luffy asked her. Tani looked at him and said "I was young when I was taken from my home land. I'm not really sure where it is, since I was never allowed to see a map." She had no idea how true that was (in a sense).
"So for all you know, it could be on the Grand Line" Luffy said causing Tani to blink owlishly at him.
"I guess" she answered.
"If you come along with us, we can find your home land and bring you there." Zoro said nodding to himself.
"You'd really do that for me?" Tani asked, looking shocked. Luffy laughed and nodded with a big smile.
"What do you say?" Luffy asked her.
Tani smiled widely and yelled out "I'M IN!" Remember how she said she would join if asked, but wouldn't ask herself? Well, that played in right then.
"So, how many other have you gathered for your crew besides me and Tani?" Zoro asked Luffy. Poor guy, he's going to get the shock of his life.
"Hm?" Luffy ate another bite and looked at Zoro as he continued.
"You told me you were in the middle of gathering a crew for your ship and if you're gonna be king of the pirates, I gotta assume you already have someone waiting in the wings."
"Nope! Just you two" Luffy said. Zoro made a surprised sound, his eyes going wide. Tani felt like she was going explode from laugher, but kept quiet.
"Just…?" Zoro said, pointing at Luffy, Tani and himself. Tani was having trouble breathing because of Zoro's face and her own was turning red.
"You're going to explode, you know" Rika said to Tani, watching her. Tani finally couldn't taking it anymore and burst out laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHA!"
"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?" Zoro yelled at her. Tani calmed down enough to answer.
"Your expression! It's funny!" Tani said before she started having breathing problems. Again. She took deep breaths and calmed down.
"It's just us!" Luffy answered Zoro's question.
"So, you, her and I are what amount to an entire pirate crew" Zoro said, still looking like he couldn't believe his eyes.
"What's wrong with that? We're a group of strong people" Luffy answered, seemingly clueless.
"Okay but please tell me you have a ship" Zoro said, his leg on top on the other one. He rested his arm on the table.
"Sure do! It's right there" Luffy pointed out the boat. Zoro got up and walked over to the window and looked out, laying an arm against the top part of the frame.
"You're kidding" Zoro said. Zoro's reaction was reasonable, since it was a very small boat.
"Nope! But we'll have an EMORMOUS one before long! Just you wait and see!" Luffy said, demonstrating how big by waving his arms around.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! And how's that?" Zoro laughed, placing a hand on his hip. Luffy, however, wasn't listening.
"With a great big pirate flag on top" Luffy said as he ate another bite. Tani could tell he was imagining something in his head, then he said "I can't wait!"
"I think Luffy was born without the part of the brain that allows the rest of us to plan out what we have to do" Coby put his input in. Tani nodded her head, agreeing with Coby.
"I can't believe I let myself get suckered into having him as my captain" Zoro said to himself with his fingers against his forehead. Tani knew how he felt, because right then, she felt the same.
"Hey. We'll have a ton more crew members in time!" Luffy said happily.
"Luffy where are you and your crew going to travel when you leave here?" Rika asked him.
"You mean it isn't obvious? We're heading straight for the Grand Line!" Luffy answered, causing Coby to spit out the juice he was drinking in shock. It came out of his nose, too…
"NO! Have you lost your mind? You've got three crew members! There's no way you can handle the Grand Line!" Coby said, looking horrified. It felt strange to Tani, being included. Coby started explaining about the Grand Line after Rika's comment. Tani knew all this, so she tuned it out.
She took a drink from her glass. The Grand Line, huh? Personally, she couldn't wait to go. She smiled to herself. She tuned back in when Coby started yelling again.
"NO! YOU CAN'T AGREE! Tani, talk some sense into them!" Coby suddenly turned to her, as if she was the sensible one. She blinked at him, and then smiled.
"I see no problems. Besides, my home may be on the Grand Line. I'll never know unless I go there" She said easily enough (again, she had no idea…) causing him to pale in fear for them. Luffy laughed at her answer and Zoro smiled.
"What do you care, you're not going with us, are you?" Zoro asked Coby then.
"No, but I still worry. Is it so wrong to care about the three of you? I haven't known Luffy for years or anything, but I still consider him a friend. Wouldn't you say?" Coby said, looking at Luffy.
"Yeah. Of course! We may have to part ways, but we'll always be friends" Luffy answered.
Coby started talking about his past, and then stated that he would join the marines. Coby looked over at Tani and asked "What about you? Are we friends?" He looked nervous to her. Tani smiled and said "Of course we're friends, Coby." He smiled back at her.
"Then you should be a little more concerned about your situation?" Zoro just had to rain on Coby's happiness.
"Huh?" Coby asked.
"I mean, you did spend 2 years on Alvida's pirate ship, even if you were nothing but her cabin boy. The marine's information gathering is top notch. They'll find out about your time with Alvida and you'll never join." Zoro just had to point out.
"I never thought of that" Coby said. Rika's mother spoke up then.
"Tani, where did you get that Tattoo on your back? It was very well done" She said. Tani had been drinking from her glass when Rika's mother said that. Tani choked on the liquid and set her glass down, coughing. When she could talk again, Tani yelled "WHAAT!?" Everyone started at her shocked face. Tani ignored them, though. She looked at Rika's mother, eyes wide, mouth hanging open.
"I thought nothing could shock her" She heard Zoro comment dryly and Luffy's laugh.
"You have a tattoo on your back. Did you forget you got it?" Rika's mother smile slightly. Tani started some more, then asked for two mirrors, which Rika and her mother went to get. Ignoring the 3 men in the room, she pulled off her shirt (thankfully she had her bra on) which caused Coby and Zoro to quickly look away with a red face. Luffy seemed unaffected, though. Rika and her mother came back with two mirrors. One was full length, then other a hand mirror. They set both mirrors down, the full length one on the floor standing upright and the hand mirror on the table.
Tani picked the hand mirror up; walk to the mirror ignored the gasps behind her (and the eyes she felt on her back) and turned around so her back was facing the big mirror. Using the little mirror in her hand, she could see her back.
There was a tattoo there.
It went from the top of her shoulders to the start of her pants, her lower back. It was indeed a tree. The trunk was on her spine, stopping a bit under half-way up her back. That's where the leaves started. Branches branched off there as well, green leaves everywhere. The blue sky could be seen as well as the green grass. It looked as if every leaf had a lot of thought put into it. Every blade of grass could be seen, as well as the clouds. It looked more like a painting then a tattoo.
"Yeah, I must have forgotten having it done" Tani said, though her voice sounded fake to her own ears. She walked away from the mirrors, put the hand mirror on the table and picked up her shirt. Once it was back on, Coby said "It was really well done. So much detail."
"I can't remember who did it, sorry to say" Tani smile apologetically. That was when a marine guy walked in.
"You there" He said and walked up to them.
"We heard that you fella's are actually pirates. Is this rumour true?" The marine guy asked.
"Right. And I just added the first two members of my crew. So the whole thing just became official" Luffy answered.
"We appreciate everything you did to save our town from that horrible tyrant that terrorized us all for so long. However, now that we know that your pirates, as marines, we cannot sit idly by and watch as you go about your business. As such, you and your crew will have to leave immediately. In honor of what you did today, we will not report you to headquarters" The marine said, fixing his hat half-way through it. This caused the people who had been standing outside, watching the group, to protest. Luffy just smiled and said "Well, time to go" and stood up. Tani stood up as well, though she wasn't all there. She was still thinking about the strange tattoo on her back. The only one she had gotten was on right thigh, thankfully covered by her pants. It was a small one. It was a dark green flower, opening up and a girl was sitting in the middle of the flower, in a light green dress. Apparently, according to her mother, it was the symbol for the Nephthys family. Why, she had no idea. Her mother didn't say.
"Thanks for all of the food, lady" Luffy said to Rika's mother.
"Hey wait a second, your leaving already?" Rika asked. Luffy picked up a bag of food as she was talking.
"Yeah" he said before walking forward. Zoro picked up his blades and started walking toward the door as well. Tani followed them, snapping out of her thoughts. They walked by Coby, who just stood there.
"Aren't you part of the crew as well?" The marine asked Coby.
"W-well… I… uh… I-"Coby was having trouble speaking. Luffy stopped walking while Coby was talking, but continued forward.
"Hold it. Is he with you or not?" The marine asked Luffy. Tani and Zoro had stopped by the door of the restaurant, waiting for Luffy and watching what was going on.
"What I can tell you is what he's been busy doing up to this point" Luffy started. Coby turned around with a horrified face. Luffy intimidated being fat using his arms as he talked. "Yeah, there was this really fat lady. I think her name was Alvida."
"Luffy!" Coby said, shock on his face.
"She carried around this iron club and boy she was the nastiest women I'd ever seen" Luffy continued as he walked forward. He started poking Coby. "For two years, this wimpy kid was her own private cabin boy." Coby then punched Luffy in the face. Luffy leaned back a bit from the impact. Tani saw Zoro smile to himself.
"Heh. Now that was a dumb move!" Luffy started punching Coby. He went a bit overboard in her option. Luffy was insulting Coby as he punched him.
"Get out of here now! We can't have you pirates tripping up this place any more then you already have, you hear me?" The marine guy said.
Zoro grabbed Luffy's collar, saying "Enough. You made your point. Now let him fall to the ground."
Coby fell on his back, looking a bit bloodied.
"It's obvious you're not crewmates so leave the poor kid alone and take your leave of this town immediately" The marine guy said, pointing at the two. Luffy and Zoro walked back out the door. Tani smiled slightly and turned back around, walking to the docks. The spectators moved out of there way. Tani stretched her arms above her head and said in a low voice so only Zoro and Luffy could hear her "That was some pretty nice acting, Luffy." He smiled at her in response.
"That was a thin act you put on back there. I wouldn't be surprised if they saw right through it" Zoro said to Luffy when they neared the docks.
"Haha. Coby should be able to handle the rest on his own. I have faith in him." Luffy answered.
"It is a fitting way to leave this place. Unable to turn back since everyone here hates us now. Very pirate like" Zoro commented. Tani laughed at that along with Luffy.
"Haha! Yeah, it sure is" Luffy said as he untied the boat form the dock.
"Luffy!" Coby was suddenly there. He saluted, saying "I cannot thank you enough. You've done more for me than anyone ever has!"
"I've never heard of a marine thanking a pirate before. That's one for the history books." Zoro said. Tani laughed at that as she climbed into the small boat. Luffy laughed as well.
"We'll meet again, Coby! Someday!" Luffy called while waving.
"I'll see ya around, Coby!" Tani yelled, also waving.
"Bye Luffy, Tani" Coby said, sounding sad.
"Hope to see you two again someday!" Rika called back while waving.
"ALL HANDS! SALUTE!" The marine guy yelled, before saluting. Tani started laughing.
"SEE YA!" Luffy yelled as the boat sailed away. He walked to the front of the boat, placing a foot on the rail. Tani sat down across from Zoro.
"At last! Our pirate crew sets sail!" Luffy said while hold his hat.
"I have a feeling some interesting adventures are waiting for us" Zoro commented.
"HAHAHA! I can't wait to start those adventures!" Tani said, smiling.
"Hahah! I'll be king of the pirates. I know it" Luffy said.
"You seem more or less obsessed with this king of the pirates business. Is there some kind of story or any reason at all behind it?" Zoro asked, his smile a frown now.
"No, no reason. It's just…" Luffy answered.
"Just?" Zoro questioned.
"I promised someone a while back. I promised I'd get a crew, find the world's greatest treasure and become king of the pirates. And this straw hat knows the whole story" Luffy said, smiling.
"I see" Zoro said, smiling.
"NOW LET'S GO! IT'S TIME TO SET OUR HEADING TO THE GRAND LINE!" Luffy yelled into the sky. Tani smiled to herself. She personally loved Shanks. He was awesome. Tani leaned back and yawned. She was tired.
"I'm gonna sleep" Tani told the other two, getting okays as a response. She shut her eyes and fell into dreamland.
And that ends this chapter. If you want to tell me what's going through your head, leave a review, or you can pm me. Cookies and bear hugs for everyone!