Chapter 5
"Ahh, new tourists." Said the greeter who had welcomed the Straw Hats earlier as he saw a boat docked. As it's crew come out, the Greeter welcomed them. "Hello, and welcome to Apotos!" he said. As the crew were looking around at their surroundings, a tall, muscular man at 6'3'', presumably the captain, walked up to the greeter and said, "Excuse me, I have a question." "Yes, my friend, what is it you need?" Replied the greeter. Suddenly, the captain grabbed the greeter by the neck and hoist him up. "Do you know where we can get a bite to eat?" The captain asked menacingly. As his air was getting cut off, the greeter only coughed, "Just...follow...the signs..." He gasped, pointing to the sign with a arrow that said, "To town square." "Thanks." Then the captain threw the greeter over to some crates, which he slammed into. "Come on, boys!" Barked the captain to his crew. "Let's go get us some grub."
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"Me, become your crew member?" Jessica said, surprised. "Yeah, I mean, you're extremely nice and a good cook. You're perfect." Luffy explained. "Umm...Luffy? We already have a cook." Nami said. "I know." Luffy responded. "Then why would you ask her to join?" Robin asked. "Well, you remember when you said that you were said that you were worried that Sanji might be lonely in the kitchen all by himself? Well, I was thinking about what you said and figured that the only way to stop Sanji's loneliness is to have another cook." Luffy explained. "Luffy...you would do that for me?" Sanji questioned, shocked by his thoughtfulness. "Of course, I mean, we're friends aren't we? And besides, you two hitting it off like nobody's business, so of course she be a natural fit." Luffy said.
"Umm...I'm grateful that you would ask me to join me your crew, but...I'm sorry, but I can't." Jessica turned down. "But why?" Asked Chopper. "Well...I have a debt to repay to the head chef of the restaurant." She answered. "A debt? What kind of debt?" Franky questioned. "Well, it's kind of a long story." "Well, we got time." Zoro replied." "All right...it all started with..." "FOOOOD!" As Jessica and the Straw Hats were looking to see who made that sound, They saw a group of menacing-looking men with swords and guns at the door of the restaurant.
"Alright, bring us food and we promise we won't hurt you...much." one of the men demanded. "PIRATES!" A woman screamed. As the whole went into chaos, Jessica springed into action. "Jess, wait!" As Sanji went to chase her, he was grabbed by the back of his collar by Zoro. "Zoro, what are the hell are-" "This is her restaurant she's protecting, not ours Sanji. We have no right to help her. Besides, she'll be fine, trust me." As Sanji eased up, he stared at Jessica with a pained expression. "Be careful, Jess." Sanji thought.
"Like hell we're giving you food!" Yelled Bruce at the pirates, as he grabbed a sword to defend himself and the restaurant. "Well, lookie here boys, we got ourselves a fighter. What, you think that butter knife can hurt me?" Taunted one of the pirates. "No, but this might!" Yelled Jessica as she slammed her fist to the pirate's head, which send him flying to some tables. "Jessica!" Bruce said in relief. "Bruce, get all the cooks you can. We're going to need everyone to be able to defend the restaurant." Jessica ordered. "You got it." Replied Bruce, as he headed towards the kitchen. "Girl...you made a big mistake." The pirate Jessica clobbered said threateningly. "Tell me..." Jessica started, "Don't you have your own cook?" "We do have a cook, or should I say, we had a cook." "What did you do?" "Well, his food wasn't up to our standards so we, let's just say, had to throw him out with the thrash." "I see...so, you bastards don't have any respect for the culinary arts, you just want to fill your bellies." Jessica said, angrily. "If that's the case, none of you will be walking out of here in one piece!" She roared. "The only one who's not leaving here in one piece...is you!" Yelled the pirate, as he leaped to and brought down his sword, ready to cut her in two. (AN: Alright, we're going to play a game. Whoever wins will know what my future projects are. All you have to do is name the character I based Jessica's moves off. Just PM me your answer. I'll give you a hint: The character is from a fighting game franchise.) As the sword came down, Jessica dodged back and whistled at the same time and then rushed forward and rammed her right fist into the pirate, sending him flying out of the restaurant entrance. "Anyone one else wants a beating?" Taunted Jessica.
All of the other pirates all rushed forward, hoping to overwhelm her. Jessica lunged towards the crowd, moving so fast that their attacks couldn't hit her, and did a volley of punches against a unlucky pirate and ended it with a rising uppercut that send both her and her opponent into the air. As she landed down, one pirate tried to blind side her and swing his sword. Fortunately, she saw this coming and blocked it. When she did, she slowly brought her fist back. Her enemy saw this, and tried to block it with his sword. Unfortunately for him, the force from her punch broke though his sword and into the side of his face, which send him flying into some of his friends. One pirate brought out a pistol and fired at Jessica. Jessica bob and weaved her body out the pistol's line of fire. As the gunman ran out of bullets, Jessica dashed and grab him and threw a right and a powerful uppercut, while yelling out, "Gung Ho!"
One by one, almost of the intruders went down, save for one. "Who...What are you?" Asked the frighted pirate. "I'm Jessica Starlight, the chef of the White Dragon." Answered Jessica. "And I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to LEAVE!" Yelled Jessica, as she rammed her fist into the pirate's stomach and then slammed her fist into his face, which send him flying out out of the restaurant. "Whoa..." Awed Chopper. "She was so fast, my eyes couldn't keep up." Added Nami. "And she's strong, perfect for our crew." Luffy said, smiling. Sanji just stared at Jessica, in awe at her performance. "She's amazing." Sanji thought, dumbfounded. "Hey Jess, I bought some-what the- Jess, you finished the party without us!" Bruce yelled, disappointed, As he came back with back up. "Sorry guys, I guess I got caught up in the moment." Apologized Jessica.
Clap! Clap! Clap! As the group as looking around, trying to find the source of the claps, they found a tall, muscular looking man leaning against a wall. "Most impressive, for a girl to defeat most of my men single-handily." He complimented. "Who are you?" Asked Jessica. "I am the captain of these pirates, Grand Akuma of the Akuma pirates." Grand answered. "If that's the case, then I'll have to ask you to LEAVE!" Yelled Jessica as she dashed forward to ram her fist into Grand. Grand just simply blocked it with his left hand. Jessica couldn't believe what just happened. Grand just grinned to himself and slammed his palm into Jessica's body. Jessica coughed up blood and was send flying to the other side of the restaurant. "Jess!" Sanji yelled as he ran towards her and catch her, stopping her from crashing into the wall. "You all right?" Asked Sanji, worried. "Yeah." Replied Jessica, out of breath. "Damn. Who the hell is that guy?" Questioned Jessica. "I don't know, but he isn't your average captain, that's for damn sure." Answered Sanji. "HAHAHAHA!" Laughed Grand. "Do you still think you can defeat me? If want to walk away with your lives, then give me all the food you can get and I might let you live." Almost if on cue, a giant sack filled with food landed at the feet of Grand. "Here. That should last you and your crew about 3 months. Just take it and go, I don't want any more trouble." When Grand looked around, he saw a muscular man in his late 30's , who looked around 6'2'',wearing a chef hat and had a missing right arm. But it was his face, that had Grand shaking in his boots. "It's you...you're..."
"'God Hand' Aaron."