Yes indeed Shura's ticket out of longue town was coming. Just like the nameless unimportant marine said the straw hat pirates had landed in longue town on their way to the grand line. Shura knowing this part of the story of heading to the grand line by heart was headed to the place she knew Monkey D. Luffy would be… eventually.
Of course it wasn't a problem for her to sneak out of the base with ease. After all in the last world she was a ninja who was a student for a crazy pervert who liked to chase her around with explosive tags. So sneaking out of a base of marines wasn't a problem at all.
However, there was only two people that gave Shura problems.
"Where do you think you're going Shura-san? Captain Smoker sent you to your room for trying to escape!" Tashigi said like she was better than Shura in some way. Shura didn't see how Hawaiian shirts so did not look good on her.
"Yes I know why he sent me to my room idiot." Shura said standing up from her crouched position "In case you forgot I was kind of there." Shura spat sarcastically, Tashigi never felled to get on her nerves. The stupid blue haired girl thought Shura was her responsibility or something. Feh, as if she could totally take care of herself!
"You shouldn't sneak out like this it's setting a bad example!" Tashigi exclaimed, Shura rolled her eyes and folded her arms then Shura leaned up against the wall sighing seeing Tashigi wasn't going to let her through without a lecture.
"I just want to go get something to drink geeze. You think I would over achieve by trying to escape twice in one day? As if Tashigi I have a reputation to up hold!" Shura said looking at her nails and acting as if being an under achiever with a bad reputation was a good thing. Tashigi sweat dropped at Shura amazed at the irresponsible selfishness of the sergeant.
"Okay then where are you going?" Tashigi said folding her arms figuring there was no sense in trying to stop Shura so at least she'd ask where she was going. "Gold Roger's." Shura said as if it was nothing.
"THE BAR!" Tashigi screamed in shock, "No the day care. Of course the bar stupid I talk to the old man there all the time!" Shura said sarcastically staring at Tashigi like she was stupid. "Shura you shouldn't be drinking!" Tashigi scolded jumping to conclusions like she always does.
"Yes Tashigi I've been drinking in fact I plan on getting wasted and then having this weird thing with the old man at the bar and possibly two other strangers!" Shura said sarcastically, Tashigi was about to lecture Shura about how bad habits could lead to worse habits. But Shura's eye twitched then she smacked Tashigi on the back of the head therefore stopping her from lecturing her.
"I'm not drinking beer idiot! The old man has a brand of sparkling water that I like!" Shura snapped irritated with Tashigi's antics "Besides I mostly go there for the old man's stories." Shura went on walking past Tashigi "Anyway, do yourself a favor Tashigi and get a boyfriend or something. In fact do drugs for all I care. Just stop obsessing about me it's getting pretty weird." Shura said walking off, Tashigi fumed at what Shura was implying.
"I AM NOT GAY FOR YOU!" She screamed at Shura's back, Shura let out a laugh not hearing the 'not' in Tashigi's sentence or at least pretending she didn't. "Sorry Tashigi I can't accept your feelings I like men!" She said turning around and smirking at the girl. "I said I wasn't!" She shouted back, Shura chuckled.
"Sorry Tashigi I will not enable your obsession for me anymore!"
Tashigi sighed that girl only hears what she wants to hear.
Shura made her way to Gold Roger's and slipped in the old building.
"Oi, old man are you here?" Shura shouted looking around to see the old geezer asleep. Shura sweat dropped then just hopped behind the bar and grabbed a bottle of sparkling water. She popped it open and the old man woke up because the lid from it hit him on the head.
"You better pay for that!" He said pointing at the bottle annoyed with Shura and her habit of not paying for anything for a month or two then giving him her whole pay check wroth of money for that amount of time. Shura just rolled her eyes and took a gulp of it.
"Fine old man. You know you should try to stay awake more otherwise I just might steal the whole bar's wroth of sparkling water." Shura said casually earning a glare from the old man. "You're lucky I like your style brat." The old man said getting up and stanching the bottle from Shura's hands.
"HEY!" Shura shouted the old man sat the bottle on the bar and pulled out a cup for Shura to use. "Drink out of a cup like a normal person will you?" He said in his usual bitter old man way, Shura rolled her eyes at this. "Grandpa we both know I'm not normal." Shura said snatching the bottle back and drinking out of it.
Just then the guy Shura had wanted to meet walked in. Luffy looked around at the run down bar then saw Shura and the old man who were the only ones there.
"Go away we're closed!" The old man shouted at Luffy who blinked "She's here." He said pointing at Shura who grinned "I'm an exception, I come and go as I please weather the old man likes it or not. Just ignore his protests. He'll serve you anyway." She said, Luffy sat down at the end of the bar next to Shura and grinned.
Then of course the conversation between the old man and Luffy that happened in the show went on Shura kept quiet for the most part until the old man mentioned about hating having no pirate customers anymore and how he refuses to serve anyone else.
"You're serving her." Luffy said noticing Shura's marine uniform. Shura sat the bottle down on the table, "I'm not a marine by choice buddy, if I had the choice I'd join a pirate crew just to get the hell out of this boring town." Shura said to Luffy who grinned brightly "I have a pirate crew!" he said smiling widely at Shura who blinked she didn't expect Luffy to automatically mention he had a pirate crew as soon as she mentioned she hated it here.
"You do?" Shura asked pretending to be surprised, the old man chuckled not surprised that Luffy had a crew after all Luffy did remind him of Gold Roger. Luffy nodded "Hey maybe you can join my crew!" He said getting excited at the thought of having someone who used to be a marine in his crew, Shura chuckled "Wouldn't that be something… Being a part of a man who wants to be pirate king's crew." She said staring at her bottle of sparkling water.
"We'll are you or not!" Luffy shouted wanting the answer right away, Shura laughed "I'll see what I can do! By the way I'm Shura!" Shura said highly amused at Luffy's excitement, she stuck out her hand and Luffy shook it.
"Monkey D. Luffy!" Luffy said loudly grinning, "Shura do you know where the execution platform is?" Luffy said scratching his head remembering his first problem.
Shura smirked and pulled out some money paying well enough for her and Luffy's drinks.
"Come on I'll show you." She said leading Luffy out the other end of the building just as Smoker came in.
Shura lead Luffy through the crowds making sure not to lose the idiot in the process by holding on to his wrist.
"There it is!" Shura said motioning to the tall plat form. Luffy's eyes dilated in wonder at this.
"The place where the pirate king died…" he said breathless, Shura smirked "Yup it even has that new dead pirate smell still after twenty years!" She joked knowing it was a sick joke. But it was ignored by Luffy who decided to climb up the platform to see what Gold Roger saw.
"Straw hat Luffy!" Shura heard an all too filmier voice say. Shura didn't bother to listen much to what Smoker and Luffy said but she was mostly concerned on what her pirate name should be.
'Shura the awesome? No... You know what I'll just take and work on that later.' Shura thought to herself then she saw Luffy fly away because he messed up. "I lead him and now he goes and flies off on me! Men, the come they go..." Shura said highly amused with her joke, Smoker slowly turned to Shura hearing her voice. Shura gulped seeing his expression and now regretted even making that lame joke.
"SHURA YOU LEAD STRAW HAT LUFFY HERE!" Smoker screamed at Shura who sweat dropped, "Now Smoker there is no need to get angry I didn't know per-say that Luffy was the straw hat Luffy!" Shura said backing away but she only made it worse.
"Let me get this straight he introduced himself to you and you didn't even think once that he was straw hat Luffy even though he said his name was Luffy!" Smoker growled highly upset with Shura who tried to explain her case more so she wouldn't get in trouble. "Well technically he said his name was Monkey D. Luffy…" Shura said getting technical with Smoker then she went on to the conversation in the bar.
Smoker was now rubbing the bridge of his noise in exasperation at the girl. He could get why he didn't know Luffy was Straw Hat Luffy in the first place but Shura… Good Lord that girl had something wrong with her.
"He told you he was going to be pirate king and you still didn't think he was a PIRATE!" Smoker said then shouted the last part, Shura laughed nervously "Now Capitan Smoker 'Pirate King' is such a vague title these days for all I knew he could've meant he was gay!" Shura said, Smoker's eye twitched "Five second head start." Was all he said "Bye!" Shura said knowing what five second head start meant and shot off much like Luffy did except for no flying.
After managing to lose Smoker Shura headed back to the base to pack knowing there was going to be a storm soon.
Shura carefully packed the kimono she had on when she came here and basically stuffed other clothes she had bought into the extra suit case. She had about three things with her, a back pack full of money that she got because of being in the marines.
Strangely enough Smoker didn't take money out of her pay check for the window. Shura shook her head at that last thought there was no time to think of that now. She had two suit cases full of clothes and a sword strapped to her back. She shot off heading towards the docks where the Mary go was.
After stashing her stuff she headed back to the town square just in time to see Buggy getting ready to 'kill' Luffy.
"ZORO! SANJI! NAMI! USOPP! EVERYONE!" Luffy shouted "Sorry… I'm dead." He said with a big grin on his face, seeing it in real life up close and personal. Shura couldn't help but be shocked at Luffy grinning.
Then of course the lighting struck the platform, Shura let out a laugh at this.
"You see that you stupid clown! You're not supposed to kill sexy people!" Shura said loudly laughing when Luffy stood up and laughed also. "I'm alive!" he exclaimed with a grin, the marines and other pirates sweat dropped at Shura and Luffy laughing.
Then the fight started, Shura of course fought with the marines still pretending to be loyal. Then after that the chase happened and Luffy was cornered by Smoker.
"I told you Straw hat Luffy, if you want to go to the grand line you have to get past me." Smoker said stepping off his smoke powered bike. "Oh yeah I forgot about that!" Luffy said remembering what Smoker had said earlier, Shura then ran up to Smoker and Luffy.
"Yo Smoker need help?" She said in her usual tone, Luffy grinned remembering their earlier conversation. Then he grabbed Shura pretending to hold her hostage, "Shura!" Smoker shouted in shock that Luffy would supposedly stoop that low.
"Let go of me you crazy pirate!" Shura shouted pretending to struggle; Luffy grinned then lowered his hat over his face. "Let me through or I kill the girl." He said darkly, Smoker's mouth hung open in surprise, but before he could say anything a large gust of wind blew blowing away Shura and Luffy.
"SHURA!" Smoker screamed but his voice died down in the wind. Luffy and Shura caught up with Zoro, Sanji and Usopp.
"How the hell are we supposed to make it now?" Shura shouted forgetting this part of the episode.
"GOMU GOMU NO…" Shura, Sanji, Usopp, and Zoro turned around.
"Fuck me." Shura groaned remembering, as the other three guys protested. But it was too late Luffy launched all five of them straight to the Mary Go.
As the other three beat up Luffy for doing something stupid, Shura stared up at the raining sky and grinned closing her eyes.
"I'M FREE!" She screamed with her fist in the air laughing, this of course drew attention to her.
"Who the hell is this?" Zoro asked seeing Shura on the deck lying down and laughing.
"Oh, her. That's Shura she's our new crew mate." Luffy said sitting up stating it as if it was nothing.
"WHAT! YOU LET A MARINE BECOME OUR NEW SHIP MATE!" The rest of the crew screamed at their captain.
"Why did you help that man… Monkey D. Dragon?" Smoker said gruffly clearly annoyed with the outcome of things, Dragon chuckled "You are not supposed to mess with the order of things! The winds of change have arrived and a new era is upon us!" Dragon shouted then thought 'Pirate King…? If that's what you want then that's what you'll get. This will be interesting especially considering the fact your new friend isn't a normal girl…'
Tashigi then ran up beside Smoker. "Capitan Smoker where's Shura?" She asked and Smoker glared at the ship disappearing into the horizon "With him." Smoker said with venom and hate filling his voice, "Go get my ship we're following them." He ordered his men turning away from the water, "But Capitan that's not your jurisdiction!" A marine shouted Smoker glared in response.
"Didn't I tell you I don't like being ordered around?" he snapped making the other men gulp and run off to fulfill their Capitan's orders.