Thank you fer the reviews~ ^^ Makes me so happy~ :D This chap is about the crewmembers sayin' their goodbyes btw… so here it is.
Chapter 8:
"Yosh! Let's go then!" Luffy ordered, pointing towards the sea.
"You idiot!" Nami slapped her captain's head and sighed. "We have to get ready first!"
"Ahhh? Whyyy?!" Luffy pouted, rubbing his head.
"That's true, Captain-san. We should all say our goodbyes and get anything we need since we aren't going to be coming back." Robin agreed.
"Y-yeah! I need my doctor supplies, and I need to say goodbye to Doctorine…" Chopper sniffed.
"Fine!" Luffy moaned. "We'll meet up at the shore in an hour! Though, I'll bring Zoro with me since he sucks at directions!" He laughed.
"Shut up!" Zoro retaliated, embarrassed.
"I'm comin' for Akane-chwaaaan~" Sanji spun around and then sped off towards his 'house'.
"Then I'll be going too!" Usopp, Brook and Franky told them simultaneously.
"Okay! See you guys in an hour!" Luffy waved.
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Chopper gulped as he opened the door to his aunt's clinic. Turning her head, Doctorine smirked at her nephew. "Oi Chopper! You're here earlier than usual! Didn't hang out with Luffy and his crew?" She questioned as she took a gulp of her alcohol.
"A-About that…" Chopper fiddled with his fingers and looked to the ground. "I-I have something to tell you, Doctorine."
"Ah? What?" She glanced at him.
"Ummm… You see… Akane got into some trouble and went to Impel Down. Ah- she didn't get captured or anything, it's just that she went to help someone get back his crew. And so Luffy and everyone are going to go after her. I-I know that I'm still 15, but-"
"What are you saying, Chopper?" Doctorine cackled, taking a huge gulp of her drink. "Of course you can go! What kinda pirate asks permission to become one?!" She laughed.
"Eh? A-Are you sure?!"
"Tch. If I wasn't sure, then I wouldn't be 140!" She explained, though it didn't make sense to the half-reindeer.
"D-Doctorine…." Chopper sniffed and ran towards his aunt, hugging her tightly.
"Hey, hey. You can't cry over everything! You'll be gone for a while huh?" She patted his hairy head. "I'll be watching for your wanted posters then!" She told him, and Chopper grinned foolishly. "Now, let's get your supplies ready!"
"Yes!"
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Nami opened the door to her apartment quietly- her sister and uncle should be home by now. The door creaked slightly and she tiptoed in.
"Hey, why are you acting like you stole something from here?" Nojiko laughed, turning on the lights. "And how come you're here so early?"
"Nojiko!" Nami exclaimed, surprised. "You scared me!"
"Of course I did. So what's up? Why are you acting like that?"
"About that…" Nami rubbed the back of her head and then sighed. The orange head then ran up to her older 'sister' and hugged her tightly.
"What's wrong with you?" Nojiko asked, now concerned.
"I'm leaving." Nami simply told her.
"Leaving? Oh… with Luffy and the crew?" Nojiko guessed while Nami nodded her head. "I see." Nojiko smiled and broke off the hug. "It's going to be a while when we see each other next time then?" Once again, another nod from the orange-head. "Hmmm….. What do you think about that Genzo?" Nojiko asked, pointing out he uncle who was hiding.
"Genzo!" Nami didn't even notice her uncle there.
"Oi, Nami. So you're really becoming a pirate then?"
"Yes."
"Hmm…. I couldn't imagine a better navigator for that Luffy, but if anyone treats you wrong, come back here and I'll kick their ass!" Genzo sniffed, trying his best not to burst out crying.
"Y-yes!" Nami did the same.
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Sanji kicked the door to his old geezer's restaurant open. "Oi shitty geezer!" He called out, keeping his hands in his pockets. But instead of Zeff coming out, it was a fellow employee by the name of Patti.
"Oi Sanji! Why the hell are you causing so much noise right now!? This is peak time for customers! You need to smile and be nice to them!" He snapped, getting face-to-face with the blonde cook. Sanji scoffed and shoved away the fellow cook, completely ignoring him. Patti angrily followed the 2nd head chef, wanting to know what's wrong with him.
"Oi shitty geezer!" He called once again, now seeing Zeff cooking.
"What do you want?" He simply replied, cooking his food.
"I'm getting' outta this place!" He simply told him and the whole kitchen stopped working in surprise.
"Oh?" Zeff smirked.
"Yeah! So you can be happy and get rid of me now! I'll be going with Akane-chwan, Nami-swan, Robin-chwan and the other bastards!"
"I see." Zeff continued cooking, while the rest just stared at the blondie.
"Y-You're serious?!" Patti burst out.
"Shut up shitty cook." Sanji smoked his cigarette and dodged the attack from the angry cook. "So I'm taking my stuff and leaving." And with that, he went to his room, grabbed a few things like his special knives and clothes, and then headed for the door.
"W-Wait!" One cook called out. "You're leaving just like that?!"
"…." Sanji didn't want to turn around; he bit his lip which was quivering. "Shut up." He muttered and was about to leave but was interrupted by Zeff.
"Take good care of yourself." He told his 'son'.
Sanji couldn't take it any more, he turned around and bowed, his head touching the floor. "Honor Zeff! Thank you! For everything you've done! I'll never forget it for the rest of my life!" He cried out. Zeff weakly smiled as a tear rolled down his cheek.
"Yeah."
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Usopp ran towards his house excitedly. Wait till his dad hears this! "Oi Oyaji!" He opened up the door to see his parents sitting in the kitchen table, talking.
"Oh Usopp!" Yasopp turned and smirked. "What's up?"
"You won't believe what happened!" He exclaimed.
"Don't lie this time, Usopp." His mother chuckled.
"I'm not! I'm going to be going off today! To sail the seas!" He exclaimed, putting his arms in the air happily.
"What? Really?! Ol' Luffy finally decided?!" Yasopp questioned, happily and patted his sons' shoulder. "You're followin' in my footsteps then!"
"Ara, what should I do? I'll be all alone then." His mother smiled weakly.
"M-Mom…" Usopp muttered and then hugged her. "You'll have Makino! And old man Zeff! And Genzo! And-" He assured, tears rolling down his face.
"Yes. Just be careful." She told him, crying as well.
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Instead of heading home, Franky went towards the subway station where his grandma worked, along with his cousin who just tagged along. Seeing Kokoro-Baa-san immediately he waved. "Oi Baa-baa!" He called out. Turning her head, Kokoro laughed foolishly.
"Oh~ well if it isn't my grandson whom I haven't seen in weeks!" She was drunk, again.
"Sorry!" He apologized. "I've been caught up with work." He explained and patted Chimney's head.
"Oh where's Pirate-nee-chan?!" She asked.
"He's not here." Franky smirked. "I came to tell you guys that we're actually heading out to the sea today. It was a bit sudden but it's happening."
"Oh I see~ you guys grow up so fast!" Kokoro snickered, taking a gulp of her alcohol. "So… did you tell your brother yet?" She questioned.
"Ah? Iceburg? Nah, I didn't see 'em yet."
"What about me?" A sudden voice made the overgrown football player flinch. It was his older brother, Iceburg.
"Oh! I could use your help bro!" He told him.
"With what?" Iceburg petted the little mouse that was always on his shoulder.
"Ya see I'm heading out to sea, and I need to make a few tweeks to the ship!"
"Leavin' so soon? When you're not done with highschool?"
"Yeah something came up. So, you wanna help or not?"
"Of course!" Iceburg wrapped his shoulder around his younger brother. "It'll be your goodbye present then!"
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Robin slowly walked into her empty apartment. The first thing she did was pick up a picture of her late mother. "Ara, it's been a while since I've done this." She chuckled to herself. "I'm going out to see then, Mother." She told her. "I'll be taking you of course, though I'm surprised at how I'm handling this so easily, it's probably because of Akane-san- she's in a dangerous mission." Robin sighed as she realized what she was doing was too childish. "Then, I'll go and pack." She said to no one particular.
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Brook hummed throughout his empty, creepy house. "Yohohohohohoho~" He chuckled, folding his clothes. "I'll be heading out soon again~" He chuckled. "Laboon, I'll be coming for you as well."
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Zoro separated with Luffy and went to his own house. Opening the door of his house, he sighed. He was all alone- there was nobody to say goodbye to, there was no one too cry after for. But instead, he had his prized weapons. Smirking, the green-head went towards his weight room, grabbing his three swords which sat dormant in the corner of that room. "Well, it's been a while since I've been able to use this." He smirked, unsheathing his weapons. "Since I've become a pirate, I'll be using this a lot huh?" He looked up to the ceiling, as if imagining his best friend, Kuina, watching over him. "I'll be going back to my dream then."
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Luffy ran inside screaming, "MAKINO! SHANKS! ACE! RAYLEIGH! SHAKKY-SAN!" He called out, and saw everyone in the living room, chatting.
"Oi, what's up Luffy?" Ace asked, surprised.
"Don't talk so loud!" Shanks put his finger in his ear.
"You guys would never believe-"
"Oh where's Akane?" Makino asked and then Luffy flinched and gulped.
"Lemme finish!" He told her. "You see, Akane went to Impel Down to save some people without us knowing, so me and the crew are heading out to get her back, but we won't be coming back so we'll be official pirates now!" He simplified the story, easily and everyone remained quiet with shock.
"Akane went to Impel Down?" Rayleigh repeated, shocked.
"That girl…" Shakky sighed, puffing out smoke.
"Yeah! So I need supplies! Like meat, and clothes! And meat! And then… meat!" Luffy counted his fingers and then got a dark aura surrounding him. Flinching he saw Makino flaring up.
"You let her go away?!" Makino gasped. "She didn't even say goodbye to us!"
"Well she must've planned to come back, Makino…" Shanks chuckled nervously.
"Luffy! When you see Akane you better slap her for me!" She ordered and Luffy immediately nodded his head.
"Oi Luffy! Does that mean you're going in the Sunny Go?" Ace suddenly questioned and Luffy nodded once again. "Hmm… lemme come then too! I had to get going but I can't seem to find my ship, so just drop me somewhere after Impel Down!"
"Okay!"
"That girl is crazy!" Shanks couldn't help but laugh, everyone was taking this too lightly. "That's Impel Down she went to! The deadliest prison ever!"
"Then why are you laughing?" Makino snapped, slapping her husband on the head.
"Because! I raised this kid!" He laughed once again.
"Oh goodness…." Makino sighed, and put her hands on her head. "Luffy when are you leaving?"
"Ah?" Luffy looked at the clock. "In about 45 minutes."
"EH?! That quickly?! Oh no!" Makino rushed into Akane's room, "I need to get Akane's stuff ready for you to take then!"
"I'll help…" Shakky offered and got up from the couch.
"Makino's taking this better than I thought." Luffy thought aloud.
"She knew you guys were going to head out one day, besides she's used to me leaving." Shanks pointed out.
"Oh."
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Akane stood at the railing of Kidd's ship, resting her arms. "Just how the hell did he get his ship back?" She wondered, Akane would've asked him herself, but ever since they set sail 20 minutes ago, all Kidd has been doing is sleeping.
"Hey Kidd!" She complained for the tenth time. "This is too boring!" She whined. "If this was Luffy and the others the-"
"Well I'm not that shitty captain of yours!" Kidd snapped, annoyed that he couldn't fall asleep because of that woman.
"But still~ you could at least be more cheerful or fun! Ahhh! I wanted my first real sail to be exciting and adventurous! But instead, it's boring and quiet~" She groaned.
"Get over it!" Kidd snapped, and then got up from the deck and went to his own room, shutting the door loudly.
"Tch. Boring~" Akane pouted. "I shouldn't have come."
To be continued~ I know this was a pretty 'boring' chapter, but I felt it necessary. The next chap will be filled of action! Please R&R!