One Piece belong to Eiichiro Oda
Warning: contains some curses
The Pirate Queens
Chapter 2: Shell Town and The Demon Swordsman
Sailing through the ocean Ace, Luffy, and Coby were eagarly waiting for land. It had only been a few days, but they already diminished the food supply Ace managed to get from the cruise ship, partly due by Ace's and Luffy's bottomless stomachs. If it wasn't for Coby being there, the food would have been gone in a day.
"Hey Coby," Luffy leaned in.
"Y-yeah?" Coby leaned a bit back due to how close she was.
"That sea hag mentioned someone named Zoro, is he a cool person?" Luffy asked, Ace now interested in the conversation leaned in as well.
"No!" Coby screamed. "He is absolutely not a cool person."
"Huh? How come?" Luffy asked innocently.
"Don't tell me you both don't know," Coby sighed seeing both them nod their heads. "His name is Roronoa Zoro the most dangerous pirate hunter of the East Blue, some say he is a demon in disguise. A.K.A someone you want to avoid!"
"He sounds fun," Ace laughed looking at Luffy.
"Yea he does, let's have him join our crew," Luffy mentioned and Ace agreed without a second thought.
"Didn't you both hear what I just said!" Coby yelled at the two of them. Ace looked to the corner of her eye and saw something.
"Oh finally land!" Ace cheered. Luffy hung off the ledge where the land is, and smiled wide. As they reached the island's port Coby tied the thingy to the pier, Ace looked around, and Luffy ran around curiously. "Hey let's go eat somewhere." Ace suggested.
At the restaurant they went to was fairly empty, even thought the food was good as Luffy said. It was run by one woman and apparantly her daughter.
"Hey miss can you tell us about the pirate hunter Zoro?" Ace asked politely. Coby choked on his food, and the mother nearly dropped a plate she was cleaning.
"P-please ignore what she said and pay no mind to it," Coby tried to cover Ace's question, and tried to cover Ace's mouth.
"You mean Roronoa Zoro, actually I think my daughter maybe seeing him at the Shell Island marine grounds. I'm just worried about her," the mother expressed.
"Of course, Zoro is a scary man to be around," Coby mentioned.
"It's not that it's Captain Axe-Hand Morgan," the mother revealed. After their meal the three man group began meandering around the island looking for the marine grounds.
"I don't really get it," Coby pondered.
"Get what?" Luffy asked.
"I mean I can get why she should be worried about Zoro, but Captain Morgan is a marine why should she be worried," when Coby said Captain Morgan the nearby populace began to back away from the three as if in fear.
"Maybe he did something," Ace pointed out. They finally made it to the marine base and Coby began to silently sob.
"I'm finally here, I can't believe it," Coby began to go on, Ace and Luffy just walked off. "I know we only met a few days ago, but thank you so muc-"
"Higher Ace I still can't see," Luffy was on top of Ace trying to get on top of the concrete wall.
"What Are You Both Doing!" Coby yelled. Luffy managed to get on the edge of the wall and hang their, then Ace got on the edge.
"Who's that?" Luffy asked. Coby then finally got on the wall edge as well, but it was who he saw that scared him. Tied to a cross-like figure his arms spread out, he was wearing a dark green bandanna, a white shirt, a green haramaki, black pants, and black shoes. His face looked beaten and bruised, but it was hard to see his eyes since he was looking down.
"T-That's the demon swordsman Zoro!" Coby silently screamed.
"That's him really," Ace said skeptical.
"You think he's dead," Luffy said.
"Hey! Get off there your an eyesore," Zoro spoke, bringing attention to the two ladies and fear into Coby. Coby was about to get off the wall, but the other two stayed and another young girl joined the party. This time it was a young girl, she had climbed the ladder, and jumped over the wall.
"We have to save her, she's going to be killed by him," Coby shrieked.
"Coby you said he was a swordsman, one he doesn't have a sword, two he's tied up, and three he looks half dead," Ace pointed out.
"Still..." Coby watched the girl run up to the demon swordsman, and as she got closer to him his heart started to beat faster and faster.
"What are you doing here?" Zoro asked the little girl, as she took a small package and unwrapped it.
"I came to bring you some rice balls cause I thought you'd be hungry," she smiled.
"I don't want any, now get lost," Zoro demanded, when she didn't move he got angry. "SCRAM!"
"Y'know it isn't right to pick on little girls Roronoa Zoro," a tall man with a weird yellow hairdo, purple tuxedo, and white shoes walked up to them with two marines by his side.
"What's with this guy?" Luffy asked.
"Thank goodness," Coby sighed in relief. "It's the marines, they should get her to safety soon."
"The only harm I see is that guy's hair and fashion sense," Ace yellow haired man walked up to the girl and snatched the rice balls from her hand, but immediately spit it out in disgust.
"Hey!" the girl screamed.
"These are sweet, rice balls are meant to be salty!" he critiqued.
"I thought they would be better if I added sugar instead," the girl explained. The man then threw the riceballs to the ground and stomped on them repeatedly. Tears started to form on the edge of the girls eyes.
"Now the real harm is from that guy," Ace said and observed with a despondent expression so did Luffy.
"This is horrible, is this what the marines have succumbed to?" Coby stared in shock.
"Y'know it is a crime to assist criminals and you know what the sentence is," the girl started to whimper. "Death by the hand of My Daddy, but since your only a wee girl I'll go easy. You toss her over the wall!"
"B-but sir she's only a child," the worried marine said.
"That's right if she survives I forget everything, if she dies well too bad," the tuxedo man said without moral in his voice. "Or is this insubordination?"
"N-No sir," the marine grabbed the girl and before throwing her he apologized. The girl was sent flying into the air, but as she was over the wall Luffy jumped to catch her.
"Thank you miss," the girl ran off just in case they came to check. Ace kept observing the situation.
"Still can't believe your alive Zoro," the man laughed, then kicked him in the stomach for fun. Zoro began to cough a bit of blood. "Did you make a contract with the devil?"
"Just you wait Helmeppo I'll win that bet," Zoro made a smile fit for the devil. "Besides it's just ten more days." After that Helmeppo and his men left. Coby was shocked at the fact that the marines, the one thing he always wanted to be was like this. Luffy took the time to jump over the wall and run up to Zoro.
"So your Zoro..." Luffy analyzed him quickly. "Must not be that strong if you got captured by guys like that."
"Oh your still here, also it's none of your business as to why I'm here," Zoro sounded annoyed, but Luffy didn't budge and kept staring at him. "If that's all your going to do can you just go away."
"Ok fine," Luffy was just about to walk off.
"Wait," and she obliged. "Can you give that to me?" Zoro asked in an almost begging tone.
"What that, but it's ruined it wouldn't taste any good," Luffy advised.
"Just give it to me!" Zoro demanded. Ace laughed a bit when Luffy picked up the ruined rice ball, and thought of something.
"Hey Lu it would be easier if you feed him!" Ace shouted.
"Huh? How am I suppose to do that?" Luffy asked.
"Get creative!" Ace shouted back. Luffy thought about it for a minute then got an idea. She walked closer to Zoro then lifted her hands close to his mouth for him to eat.
"Huh what are you-"
"You said you will eat it, so eat it," Luffy insisted, her hands hit his face.
"Ok ok," Zoro began eating the dirtied remains of the rice ball from Luffy's hands. He couldn't help but blush when his face touched her hands, they were incredibly soft. Ace began to laugh like a maniac when he saw him blush, in fact a little too hard cause she fell off the wall. Zoro finally finished the rice ball and turned his head away from Luffy, mainly to hide his bright red blush, he also tried to hold in a baby barf when he swallowed the dirt.
"Wow you actually ate that," Luffy said in amazement. "You must have been real hungry, how long have you've been here?"
"Days," Zoro answered.
"Wow I would have died by now," Luffy praised.
"Well that's because I have a strong will, and just you see I will survive this. I swear on it," Zoro promised, determination in his eyes. This made Luffy pretty interested in him.
"Alright ," Luffy said smiling.
"Um can you her that it was good?" Zoro requested. Luffy was confused at first and then it hit her and she agreed running back to her fallen sister and Coby. The three went back to the same restaurant after that and re-told what had happened.
"Really he ate it all?" the girl smiled brightly.
"Yep every last bit," Luffy assured.
"Yeah while blushing like a tomato~" Ace chuckled.
"Still is he really as bad as people make him out to be?" Coby asked. "I mean what the Marines did was far worse from what I saw..." Luffy looked at Coby, feeling a little sorry for him.
"No!" the girl shouted surprising the trio. "Zoro is a good person, he helped us... He's only like that because of Helmeppo and his dumb dad!"
"Why don't you tell us little miss," Ace asked politely.
"It's Rika! And ok," Rika began to explain everything, "Well awhile ago Helmeppo brought his dumb dog into town, and was scaring everyone and threatening everyone around. That was when he entered our restaurant with it, and everyone was scared so I grabbed the broom to try and chase it away. Mom tried to stop me and that was when Helmeppo's pet tried to attack me, next thing I knew Zoro kills it saving me... But because Helmeppo threatened us, Zoro had to stay like that for a whole month..." Tears began to swell in Rika's eyes. "Ever since Helmeppo hasn't been fair and he beats Zoro everyday and I just don't know what to do." Coby and Luffy looked at her with pity, unfortunately Ace fell asleep halfway.
"Even though she's the one who asked her she just falls asleep," Coby thought. That was when Helmeppo himself entered the restaurant and knocked things around, then found himself a seat.
"Hey owner, give me whatever you have and the best drinks you got, and don't worry about billing me unless you want to be executed," Helmeppo laughed pompously. Luffy and Coby didn't even bother looking at him. "Y'know what it's getting pretty boring around. Ah that reminds me, that pirate hunter guy seems to be doing a great job and might actually make it, let's kill him tomorrow!" Helmeppo began laugh harder. Luffy couldn't take it and got up and walked furiously towards the laughing Helmeppo. She winded up her arm and punched him square in the face, enough to knock him off his chair and his butt on the ground. "You bitch you punched me! This is a crime punishable by execution! My daddy will slice your head!"
"I don't give a crap!" Luffy shouted at him. "Instead of hiding behind your dad, you try and execute me yourself!"
"Don't you dare give me orders you bitch," Helmeppo ran towards the marine base, still holding the part of his face where Luffy had hit.
"Luffy what are you doing?" Coby shouted at her. "Are you trying to get killed!"
"Coby when Ace wakes up tell her that Zoro will be joining us," Luffy cracked her knuckles and ran towards the marine base. Inside said base, was the marine captain Morgan, or Axe hand Morgan the name he is most recognized as. He was lounging in his office enjoying the sight outside, a giant golden statue of himself being hoisted up to the roof of the base. Morgan had pale blonde hair, a metal lower jaw, he was also wearing a marine captain's outfit, and to finish he had a giant axe replace his right arm to his elbow.
"Ah today is a great day indeed wouldn't you say," Morgan said to the trembling marines.
"Yes sir it is," he replied trying not to stutter.
"It would have been a perfect day if the citizens would just pay their damn taxes," Morgan laughed.
"It's probably cause the citizens pockets aren't very deep," the marine spoke.
"No it's not that at all," Morgan assured. "It's the amount of respect they have for me, it is reflected in their taxes. And I can see I'm not very respected... Either way how goes the raising the statue of my greatness coming along."
"There are no issues sir!" the marine got extremely worried. That was when the both of them heard heavy and fast footsteps approaching the marine office.
"Daddy there is someone I want you to kill!" Helmeppo arrived tears streaming down his eyes. Outside in the execution grounds Zoro looked to be in a deep sleep, even though his breathing was heavy.
In a small dojo two children were sword fighting, one was short with green hair and held two kendo swords on each hand. The other was taller with short dark blue hair, and was holding only one kendo sword. They fought each other for awhile until...
"Your weak Zoro, especially if your going to die like this," Zoro shot up looking around and realized he was still tied up to the same pole, under the same sun.
"No!" Zoro shouted at himself. "I refuse to die like this!" He looked up to see Luffy right in front of him, looking at him like he was crazy.
"You must be in pretty bad shape if your yelling at nothing," Luffy noted. Zoro blushed when he realized he was yelling at himself, but even if he was he didn't expect anyone to be around him.
"What are you even doing here!" Zoro shouted at her.
"I came to break you out, I hear your a swordsman," Luffy stated both facts.
"I am a swordsman but my swords were taken away, also I don't need to be broken out I'll make it through this challenge so butt out," Zoro spoke a little annoyed.
"Too bad I already decided to make you apart of my pirate crew," Luffy smiled.
"And the pigs have soared the skies, look no offense but you don't look anything like a filthy pirate," Zoro said to her not trying to be insulting to her. "But the only way I will join a pirate crew is if I'm about to die."
"Well you are," Luffy stated blankly. "How about I get your swords back and then you'll join my crew."
"I already told you I will get through this fucking challenge," Zoro cursed getting annoyed at her, never had he had his pride tested like this. Some chick she just met was going to have him join a pirate crew, and he knew he stated clearly that he wasn't going to be joining any pirate crew. But it didn't seem to get through to her cause she began to run in the wrong direction. "Hey your going the wrong way."
"Oops," Luffy turned around, and readied her arm and stretched her body towards the direction of the base. Zoro's mouth dropped at what he just witnessed.
"Did that just happen?" Zoro began to worry if the sun was baking his brain cells. Back in the town Ace and Coby were running as fast as they could towards the marine base, during that entire span of time Ace had finally gotten up and Coby everything that happened when she was asleep.
"What the hell was Lu thinking!" Ace yelled at the top of her lungs.
"We have to hurry before Luffy gets captured," Coby panted his legs were going as fast as they could go.
"That's not the point! She goes by herself to fight the marines without me what the hell is she trying to do, one up me? Stupid Luffy, stupid stupid stupid stupid!"
"Are you serious!" Coby yelled at her. Both of them finally reached the marine grounds, Ace grabbed Coby and her feet engulfed in flames. She leapt to the air into the execution grounds, and ran towards Zoro. Coby tried to put his shirt out as fast as he could, and also ran towards Zoro.
"Well at least he's still alive," Ace commented. At this point Zoro has reached a point where anything can happen, even considering pigs with wings. "So how's our new crew member doing?"
"Oh your with that crazy chick, I already told her I'm not going to be apart of any pirate crew," Zoro repeated in the same annoyed tone. Coby rushed to untie Zoro's binds, failing every time. "Hey stop it!"
"What's so wrong about being a pirate?" Ace asked.
"Pirates are scum, they have no remorse for their atrocities, there isn't anyway I'm going to be like that," Zoro explained.
"Says the demon swordsman," Ace laughed a bit.
"I don't care what people refer to me as, I don't regret what I have done thus far," Zoro said to her. "There isn't anyway your going to convince me, the only way is if I'm about to die."
"Well you are dying," Ace stated.
"Funny that was the same thing the other chick said to me," Zoro remarked.
"No you really are about to die, I was kind of asleep but that Helmeppo guy got bored and decided to execute you tomorrow," Ace explained leaned in to Zoro's face. "If you want a witness, he's the one that's trying untie your binds." Zoro looked at Coby with a look of dis-belief.
"It's true I heard everything," Coby replied concentrating on the binds. "In fact it was weird to me that a guy like that was really going to honor an agreement."
"Then he got a punch in the face by my stupid little sister," Ace smiled. "So basically we're here to make sure you don't but only if you join our crew."
A top the marine base Captain Morgan was observing how the hoisting of the statue of himself was going. Helmeppo stood behind him and was growing impatient.
"So daddy when are you going to execute her?" Helmeppo complained. "You never ever hit me before, so this is basically a crime against you." At that moment Morgan immediately flung his left fist and it landed into Helmeppo's face, sending Helmeppo flying.
"The reason why I never hit was because you aren't something worth wasting my precious energy on," Morgan stated in a cold-tone. "Don't get the wrong idea, you can do whatever the hell you feel like as long as you acknowledge who is the greatest, the one who you call "daddy." Anyway I hear that a brat was on the execution grounds?"
"Yes Yes father, we took care of her," Helmeppo stuttered still in shock.
"That means you've killed her right?"Morgan asked in a cold-tone.
"No, I mean I don't think so, she's just a kid," Helmeppo answered. Morgan looked to a random marine.
"You," the marine saluted when he realized Morgan was talking to him. "Take my son, find this girl and kill her. We mustn't allow those who disrespect my rule to live now."
"Sir it's only a child," the marine argued.
"I don't care; man, woman, infant, or elderly if their all the same, and if they disrespect me they are nothing more than criminals that must die," Morgan explained no heart in his speech.
"Sir I will not do it," the unfortunate marine insisted. That was the last thing he said, as he was chopped down by Morgan's axe, blood smeared on the axe and his clothes. Helmeppo and every marine had a face of horror at what Captain Morgan has just done.
"You killed him, your own soldier," Helmeppo mumbled not able to speak up.
"This is the strength that raised me to these ranks, you need strength in this world, and I am a superior version of how strength should be utilized," Morgan boasted. "Y'know the killing of a criminal will only sully the day of greatness. Now get it up immediately men."
"Sir!" the men saluted in terror. While all this was happening Luffy was looking for Helmeppo, though she did find it strange that she managed to break into the base and not find a single Marine, well that was better for her. She walked outside and saw something being hoisted atop the Marine base.
"Maybe that's where he is?" Luffy thought and winded up her arm. "Gum Gum Rocket!" and she launched herself towards that area. The marines finally managed to lift up the statue, everyone of them heaving and panting. Morgan was laughing at how glorious he thought the statue was, but this was short lived when one marine spotted something large in the sky. "Way too high!" Luffy yelled, and stretched her arm towards anything she could get her hand on, the closest thing was the giant statue of Captain Morgan. As she roped herself in, everyone just stared with open mouth that bigger as she got closer and closer. Finally she landed atop the statue, and scanned the mass surplus of marines she found, locking her eyes with Helmeppo. "Found Ya!" Luffy used the statue to launch herself towards Helmeppo, but she did it with such force that it was able to unbalance the statue. "I was looking everywhere for you!" Luffy grabbed hold of Helmeppo and dragged him into the base. The statue began to fall and various marines run away to save themselves, and when the statue fell to pieces Morgan's rage was released.
"CAPTURE THAT GIRL SO I CAN KILL HER!" Morgan demanded.
"Sir Yes Sir!" the marines shouted chasing after Luffy and Helmeppo. Running around the base, Luffy was dragging Helmeppo's face on the floor to find Zoro's sword.
"Now tell me where Zoro's sword is," Luffy demanded.
"Ok ok It's in my room," Helmeppo answered.
"Where is your room?" Luffy asked.
"We just passed it," Helmeppo managed to say. Luffy walked backward and opened the door she just passed, to reveal a pompous room and saw three swords from the corner of her eye.
"What the hell," Luffy was wondering which sword was Zoro's. "Oh to hell with it," and took all three. Outside the execution grounds Coby was still struggling to untie Zoro's binds, irritating Ace.
"Coby I was kind of skeptical when you said you were captured by pirates for two years, but now I can kind of understand!" Ace yelled at him. Ace then saw a large group of marines running towards them. "Oh Fuck This!" Ace set ablaze Zoro's binds and Zoro was freed.
"Why didn't you do that sooner!" Coby yelled at Ace.
"I thought you could handle it but apparently not," Ace yelled back. Noticing the Marines getting closer, Ace took notice of a considerably taller one with a giant axe in place of an arm. "I can guess that's Captain Morgan."
"Huh how can you te- AH!" Coby shrieked as he saw the giant axe.
"Men don't let them escape, Take Aim!" Morgan ordered. Before the order Ace pushed Coby and Zoro aside. "Fire!" And a hail of bullets went through Ace before their bodies hit the ground.
"ACE!" Coby shrieked, Zoro just stared at her body in disbelief, however strangely there was no blood.
"Don't stop now men Take Aim!" Morgan ordered.
"Fire Net!" at the sound of Ace's voice, a large wall of fire was created separating the two groups. Many of the marines lost their balance at the sudden wall of fire in front of them, Morgan was the only one undeterred. Zoro and Coby looked at Ace as she got up not a scratch in sight. "Geez you guys can't have a lady getting dirty," Ace teased as she dusted herself off.
"Calm Down Men this is the work of a devil fruit," Morgan's men turned to look at him. "The devil fruit is one of the seas hidden treasures, legend has it that it grants mysterious powers and abilities to the one who eats it. The power to control the storms, the power to control lightning, and the power to control fire as demonstrated in front of us."
"That's right," Ace snickered. Soon a figure was seen inside the hot flames and it was in fact Ace, tipping her hat over her face. "I'm a fire lady." Snapping her fingers the flames dispersed. Inside the base Luffy saw everything and prepared herself to launch to the execution grounds.
"Ace! Zoro! Coby!" Luffy yelled landing in the middle of the three. The marines again were scared at the show of another devil fruit user.
"Hey! What the Hell Are You Two!?" Zoro shouted at them demanding an answer.
"I don't think you should worry about that right now," Ace said. Luffy ran up to Zoro holding the three swords in her arms.
"I found these swords but I don't which one is yours," Luffy told him. Zoro all the swords from her.
"They're all mine," Zoro explained. "I use the three sword style."
"Yeah also if you plan to fight with us you'll automatically be apart of our wonderful little crew, or you can try and escape," Ace gave out his options.
"Surround them!" Morgan ordered and they were surrounded by marines.
"Looks like escaping isn't an option anymore," Ace pointed out. "Oh right you also owe us for saving you."
"What are you the devil's children!" Zoro exclaimed.
"Oh look who's talking!" Ace and Coby yelled at him.
"If guns won't work, then use your swords," Morgan yelled. "Charge!" At that moment the marines began to charge at the four.
"Well looks like I don't have a choice, as of this moment I'm now a pirate," Zoro declared. "But if you both change my ambition to become the world's greatest I won't hesitate to kill you." Zoro then immediately took down a grand majority of marines in only a couple of seconds.
"Oh scary scary~," Ace taunted, then raised her hands. "Firefly Fire." Little light green orbs flew out of her hands and made contact with the marines. "Blazing Doll!" all the little lights began to explode.
"We wouldn't anything else on our crew!" Luffy jumped high into the air. "Gum Gum Gatling!" Luffy began to punch the marines randomly and ecstatically. Coby was amazed at how well they managed to fight together.
"Captain they are too strong!" one marine yelled. "We can't even touch one of the devil fruit users, not to mention two of them."
"This is a direct order to all marines present," Morgan growled. "Shoot yourself in the head if all your going to do is whine like little girls!" Every marine looked at him in complete shock, Zoro remained on guard, Luffy glared at Morgan, and Ace gave a pissed off look. The marines just stopped, some threw their weapons on the ground. "You heard me kill yourselves or I'll do the honors!" Ace's feet combusted allowing her to reach Morgan's proximity within moments.
"Alright you've pissed me off more than enough today," Ace's lower bottom combusted into flames, spinning her body and jumped up, and tried to kick him in the head, but Morgan managed to stop it with his left arm. However Ace's kick was stronger than he expected so he had to spread his legs in order to keep his balance. Ace made a flip in mid-air and made a down kick, Morgan blocked it, however the force was so great he felt if he didn't block it he would be knocked off conscience. Ace gently landed on the floor and flames enveloped her. "Luffy, Zoro I got this jackass," Ace's eyes at this point could scare away many weak-minded fools, and her voice was cold unlike her flames which danced dangerously around her. Morgan gave Ace a crazed look to compliment the atmosphere.
"You fucking bitch!" Morgan slurred in his rage, at this moment he felt his arm go numb. "All who oppose me deserve to die!" Morgan swung his giant axe hand towards, but she dodged it easily.
"Try It Jackass!" Ace taunted and they began fighting, a fight Ace was obviously winning. Everyone was looking at the battle in front of them.
"Am I dreaming," some of the marines said. "Captain Morgan is actually losing..."
"Oh right Zoro," Luffy spoke. "You asked what we were. Well Ace is a flame girl and I'm a rubber girl."
"Yea I kind of figured, but what are you both after?" Zoro asked.
"We want to become the Pirate Queens," Luffy answered with a large and genuine smile, Zoro also had to smile.
"Alright you both got some guts," Zoro remarked. Ace was finally about to finish things up with Morgan.
"Fire Fist!" this knocked the once tyrannical Captain Axe Hand Morgan unconscious. "Well that was easier than expected. How's that for a-" Ace gasped noticing that Coby had a gun pointed to his by none other than Helmeppo.
"Now nobody move or else!" Helmeppo pushed the gun into Coby's skull as hard as he could. Luffy just slowly walked towards Helmeppo, trying not to make any sudden movements, but was looking blankly into his eyes. "I said don't move or I'll kill him."
"Helmeppo..." Coby softly said. "For the little time I've known you, your another bad apple."
"Shut Up! I'm the one with the gun!" Helmeppo shouted at him.
"Then shoot me I'm not afraid to die now," Coby proclaimed. "Or do you actually think that killing me will set anything straight. I don't know what's going on with you, but I know your not a murderer." Coby's words hit Helmeppo. Why was he pointing a gun into this kid's head, for what gain? Was it to satisfy something in him? No it was the fear he had of his father, after what he said about him, maybe he just wanted to prove himself...But, what's the point of having a father like that. Helmeppo put the gun down, and stared at the ground. At that moment Morgan got up and ran crazily towards Luffy.
"I Am Captain Morgan noone shall best me!" Morgan began to swing his giant down towards Luffy. Zoro didn't waste a second, rushing in front of Luffy he blocked the force of the axe, and created some recoil causing Morgan to fall backward.
"Demon Slash!" Zoro slashed through Morgan careful not kill him. Morgan finally fell unconscious.
"Thank You," Luffy smiled.
"Just doing my-" Zoro fell to his knees and landed on the ground.
"Zoro!" Luffy knelled to check on Zoro. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine... Just hungry," Zoro answered weakly. Outside the small restaurant Rika and her mother own, dozens of people watched from outside to see the people who stopped Captain Morgan. Ace, Luffy, and Zoro were eating so fast that Coby couldn't believe it, actually it looked like they just swallowed their food not bothering to chew it.
"Damn that hit the spot!" Zoro finally finished his feast, but the other two kept on going. "How the hell can you both eat more than a man who was starving for weeks?"
"Cause we can," Ace said with a mouthful.
"The food is great right Coby?" Luffy asked still eating her food.
"Yes it is thanks for the food," Coby politely said.
"Thank you both for this," Ace added.
"Don't worry it's our pleasure," Rika's mother said.
"Still Ace we finally got our first crew mate!" Luffy cheered. Zoro chocked on some water when he heard that.
"Wait your first crew-mate!?" Zoro yelled at them. They both nodded, food in their mouths. "What about the ship?" Coby pointed to the life boat on the pier. "You've gotta be kidding me..."
"Don't Zoro, soon we'll get more crew mates and a big ship!" Luffy assured.
"It will be pretty soon since our first mate is a demon swordsman," Ace laughed. "Still... For a demon swordsman, I can't believe he blushes like a little girl!"
"Since When Did I Do That!" Zoro yelled at the laughing woman.
"What you don't remember when Lu fed you, you were B-L-U-S-H-I-N-G~" Ace spelled out. "And I saw it all. The demon swordsman blushing while he was being fed by a girl, what are you a virgin!"
"..." Zoro's silence answered all of Ace's questions, and she began to laugh as hard as she could.
"Holy Shit You Are!" Ace's laughter was so loud it annoyed Zoro.
"Anyway Coby what are you going to do?" Luffy asked. "After all that do you still want to be a Marine?"
"Yes, its my one dream that I always wanted to pursue, but I don't how I'll do it," Coby thought about it for awhile. At that moment a group of marines entered the restaurant and it seemed like the second commander was here as well.
"Geez their fast," Ace complained.
"We are sorry for this but are you pirates?" the second commander spoke.
"Yep," Zoro answered.
"Don't get us wrong we truly appreciate what you've done for, but we can't have pirates running around doing as they please so we must ask you to leave," he explained the situation to them. "Don't worry we won't report this incident so your free to go."
"Well that's a nice offer," Ace said. "Well thanks for the food, but we must be going." Everyone except for Coby got up and started to leave.
"Wait aren't you with them," Everyone looked at Coby with expecting eyes.
"Well I can say that he wasn't always with us," Coby began to panic when Luffy began to speak about everything. "First he was serving this ugly sea hag she had this huge mace, and this was for-"
"Luffy!" Coby rushed ready to punch Luffy in the face. But Ace was fast enough to kick him in the face.
"That's enough this boy is obviously not with you, so will you please get a move on," the commander said. The trio left the restaurant and Coby on the ground recovering from that hit.
"That was on purpose..." Coby began to think about how they wanted him to try and punch Luffy this way he could join the marines. Coby then got up and straightened up. "Sir please let me become a marine. I'll do anything from cooking to cleaning, it has always been my dream to become one of the marines."
"Do you think we can trust him?" another marine said.
"Boy you do realize that many marines have died from pirates, but if your that willing... Permission granted!" the commander accepted. Coby's eyes began to bright up in happiness.
"Ah~ I wanted to some more," Ace said getting inside the boat.
"Can it," Zoro said to her. "Still both of you did some great acting there."
"Acting?" Ace asked.
"Well that was the least we could do for Coby," Luffy spoke.
"Y-Yea," Ace said in guilt. "I thought he was really going to punch her..." Ace thought. Speaking of the devil Coby ran towards the pier as fast as he could, behind him was Rika as well, and the boat was about to drift into the sea.
"Thank You so much for everything!" Both Rika and Coby shouted at the top of their lungs. Luffy got up to wave both of her hands, Ace just tipped her hat, and Zoro smiled at them.
"All Hands Salute!" then the crowd of marines went into formation saluting them goodbye, Coby did the same. And as they drifted further and further Coby wondered where the sea will lead them next.
I hoped you liked the second chapter. I thought of some new stories about One Piece, but I don't which one you guys want to see first. Don't worry I'm still going to write "The Pirate Queens," but I wanted to have something on the side. So basically write down which one you like more; Vampires or Witches. In the next chapter I will show the winning story summary. Then once the fifth chapter of "The Pirate Queens," comes out the first chapter of the winning fan fiction will be out. And don't worry about the losing story, cause once the tenth chapter of the "The Pirate Queens," comes out that fan fiction will be published. And it will go back to back. This way you have more reading material, and I have a little more fun writing. Please tell me what you thought of the chapter and don't forget to vote.