Hello~ Thanks for the reviews~ :D Okay so this chap is where I'll be starting my own arc! :D And just a note, some of the bounties aren't up-to-date… Remember how I'm changing some of the things? Well yeah, this is one of 'em. They haven't been through all that since they just started sailing….Well, here's ya'll go!
Chapter 19:
Zoro woke up to the sounds of Luffy laughing. "Whoa! Check it out guys! I feel like nothing happened to me at all!" He jumped up and down showing everyone.
"Luffy! All your injuries are gone!" Chopper gasped.
"How is that possible?!" Usopp shouted.
"Oi, are you serious?!" Franky questioned, bewildered at the Captain's endurance.
"It hurts…." Nami whined, only concerned about her-self.
"Is he so badly hurt that he's not making sense of things anymore?" Robin guessed.
"Yohohohoho, that's quite an amazing ability Luffy-san has." Brook complimented.
"AKANE-CHWAN!? WHERE ARE YOU?!" Sanji asked as he sped off somewhere.
"Akane…" Zoro's eyes widened as he remembered just what happened. "That idiot!" He got up instantly and staggered around looking for the girl; after a while of searching he saw Sanji standing a few feet away- his back facing the swordsman.
"Oi Ero-cook! Did you fin-" The marimo asked but then noticed Sanji's body frozen; he looked towards where the ero-cook was looking and his eyes widened once more.
"A-Akane-chan… what happened?!" The cook stammered. In front of the two Akane was standing- her body trembling- and the only thing they could see was blood. Her clothes were all red of blood, and so were her arms, legs, and even face; the whole ground was surrounded by blood as well. Instantly, Sanji and Zoro both ran towards her.
"Oi what the hell happened when you knocked me out?!" Zoro demanded.
"Ah? What the hell are you talking about marimo?!" Sanji snapped. "We shouldn't worry about that right now!"
"Nothing…. Nothing at all…." Akane answered, spitting out blood in the process.
"Akane-chan!"
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"Oi Chopper! How is Akane? How's her condition?" Luffy questioned the doctor while he carried a huge bag of treasure.
"This is the first time I've seen so many wounds on her…. Really… she was close to losing her life…" Chopper sighed. "I'm sure something happened when we were knocked out!"
"I can't believe that Shichibukai just left like this…" Robin put a finger on her chin in thought.
"And it's weird how Luffy is surprisingly energetic after all that…" Usopp added.
"Just a bit… I'm not even sure myself!" Luffy laughed.
"IF YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, THEN I'LL TELL YOU!" One man suddenly came up along with another.
"ME TOO! I SAW IT ALL FROM THE START TO THE END!" The other one exclaimed. "WE'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO YOU!"
"Wait a minute." Zoro interrupted and dragged the two out.
"EH? Why?! You were pretty amazing yourself! I heard you're the newest addition to the crew and yet you'd sacrifice your life too!" One questioned.
"Shut the hell up." Zoro snapped. "Just tell me what the hell happened!"
"Y-Yes…"
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"I see… that's what happened." Zoro sighed, shaking his head. "That girl should've just let me do it…"
"Okay then! We're off to tell the rest!" The two were about to run away but the swordsman stopped them.
"Listen. That woman didn't do it to gain some thanks. How do you think Luffy would feel if he heard that his childhood friend almost sacrificed her life for him? Just leave it alone." He stated and walked away.
"S-So cool…" The two gasped with awe.
"Hnn… So that's what is was…." Robin smiled weakly and looked at Akane who was still unconscious. "We would all go that far for Captain-san hm?"She took away the 'ear' that was listening to the conversation between Zoro and the no-named people and walked away.
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"SEE YOU LATER!" Luffy waved happily to the people at Thriller Bark.
"WE'LL NEVER FORGET ANYTHING YOU'VE DONE!" Lola promised. "BYE NAMIZOU!"
"Bye everyone!" Nami waved along with the rest of the crew, excluding Akane who was still unconscious.
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The Strawhat crew was now sailing once again and everything was normal in the ship. Well, except one thing. "Oi Chopper~" Luffy sunk in his chair, bored. "When's Akane gonna wake up!? She's been sleeping for two days!"
"I don't know Luffy!" Chopper called out from his card game with Usopp. "I checked up on her an hour ago and she was still sleeping! Nami said she'd sit down by her and read for a while!"
"Augh… what's up with Akane?!" Luffy whined. "She's so lazy!"
"I don't think that's the case, Captain-san." Robin chuckled.
"Ah? What're you talkin' about Robin?" Luffy tilted his head while Zoro's ears twitched and he glanced at the Archaeologist who smiled back at him.
"Tch. Nosy woman." Zoro muttered while Robin chuckled.
"Eh? Eh?" Luffy looked back and forth at the two. "I don't get it!"
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Nami sat at the chair next to Akane's bed, and grabbed the newspaper she just brought. "Hmm… let's see if anything new is going on~" She said aloud. When she opened the newspaper she shrieked. "OH MY GOSH!" Everyone turned their heads towards the room and went towards the woman's quarters.
"What's wrong Nami-swan?!" Sanji demanded.
"Yeah Nami! Don't scare us like that!" Usopp begged.
"What's wrong?!" Chopper asked.
"Sis?" Franky tilted his head as he saw Nami tremble and hold the newspaper in anger.
"Ara, is something on the newspaper, Navigator-san?" Robin questioned.
"Oi woman!" Zoro snapped.
"Nami-san? May I see your panties?" Brook asked randomly.
"Oi Nami!" Luffy shouted.
"SHUT UP!" Nami threw the papers to the floor and pointed at them. "Look at this!" Everyone looked down to see new wanted posters on the floor; to be exact, THEIR wanted posters. "I didn't buy last weeks since we were at that stupid place… and this is what I miss!" She growled. "This is how that stupid monster knew just who we were!"
"Eh?!" They each grabbed their own wanted posters in awe.
"Wohooo! I'm worth $300,000,000!" Luffy cheered happily.
"$60,000,000…. Not bad." Zoro smirked; though that was all because of him killing notorious pirates… and probably because of Impel Down.
"This is not funny! I'm worth $14,000,000! And my picture! I thought it was a reporter for a magazine!" Nami whined.
"Wh-Whoa… I'm worth… $30,000,000….. And I'm in Sogeking form!" Usopp laughed. "Good, I won't be chased that much then! I'm so glad I put this disguise on when I shot the Marine's flag!"
"Wh-What the…. HELL IS THIS?!" Sanji clenched his paper in anger as the rest saw it and began to laugh. It was not the cook at all! It was a drawn sketch of him, and didn't look like him AT ALL. "I don't care if I'm worth $75,000,000…. All the women in the world will despise me!" He cried.
"Despise you?" Chopper sniffed. "At least you have a high bounty!" The doctor cried. "I'm only worth $50! $50! That's nothing! I'm seen as nothing but a pet!"
"Ara, it's alright Doctor-san…." Robin chuckled. "I've had a bounty for a while now…. And didn't expect it to grow up to $80,000,000…."
"SUPER! SUPER! SUPER!" Franky cheered, getting into his form. "I have $44,000,000!"
"Yohohohoho that's amazing! I have the same since a few years ago!" Brook laughed. "$33,000,000!"
"Wh-what do we do?! We're screwed! No, we're a goner! I don't know what to do!" Nami panicked.
"Oh… what about Akane?" The captain suddenly asked, looking at the only paper left on the ground. He picked it up and began to laugh. "Not bad! She has more than the rest of ya'll 'cause she's been with me the longest!"
"Eh?! How much?!" They all gathered around to see Akane have a bounty of $120,000,000!
"EHH?! HOW COME?!" Chopper's mouth dropped.
"Oh maybe it's because she fought the CP9?" Robin guessed.
"But so did we! Even I did and I just got $50!" Chopper whined.
"Well Akane sis has stuck to Luffy the most, so it's not really a surprise…." Franky said quietly.
"Then maybe it's because of Impel Down?" Usopp guessed, ignoring the shipwright. "After all, we don't know what she did when we weren't there."
"Hmm… that could be true. But there was also that thing with Crocodile." Robin reminded them. "He was a Shichibukai as well."
"Oh yeah! That's when we saved Vivi!" Luffy remembered.
"I miss her." Chopper whined.
"Well, she knows we're doing well!" Usopp laughed.
"Who the hell is that?" Zoro questioned.
"Oh that's right. You marimo weren't there." Sanji smirked, smoking his cigarette.
"Shut up. At least I don't have a bounty that looks like shit." Zoro retaliated.
"Why you-!"
"U-Um… Me and Franky-san don't know who that is either…" Brook chuckled.
"Everybody shut up!" Nami slammed her hands on the table. "Do you guys not get how dangerous this is?! Now, the whole world will be after us!"
"So? That's the point right?" The captain tilted his head in confusion.
"Yeah! We couldn't be pirates without bounties, sis!" Franky agreed. "It makes it more SUPER!"
A vein popped in the Navigator's head and just as she was about to say something she was interrupted by a phone ringing. "Eh?" She looked down to see Akane's phone ringing.
"Is it Makino or Shanks?!" Luffy leaped. "They must've seen our bounties!"
Nami picked up the phone and shook her head. "I-It's Law…."
"Eh?! He never calls though!" Franky looked surprised.
"AH?! THAT BASTARD?! WHAT THE HELL DOES HE WANT WITH AKANE-CHAN?!" Sanji flared up.
"Oi, oi. Calm down Sanji…." Usopp sweat-dropped.
"Maybe he figured out about our bounties and wants to congratulate us?" Chopper suggested, making the whole room quiet.
"Nah. I doubt it." Everyone said at the same time.
"Yohohoho then I'll answer-" Brook began but instead Nami snatched the phone and answered; making Brook sink into depression. She put the phone on speaker and placed it on the table.
"H-Hello?!" Nami tried to sound strong, but she was just scared of the now-Shichibukai.
"….. Oh it's Miss Cat Burglar." Law noticed.
"Eh? Then you saw our Wanted Posters eh…." Nami face-palmed. "Maybe he is congratulating us?!"
"Where's Miss Akane?" Law questioned, ignoring the previous statement.
"O-Oh… the thing is…" The navigator chuckled nervously at the stared at the unconscious first-mate. "She can't talk right now."
"Oh?"
"HEY!" Sanji started talking when he couldn't take it any more. "AKANE-CHAN DOESN'T WANT TO EVER TALK TO YOU AGAIN! LEAVE HER-" He began but was stopped when Nami slapped him on the head.
"N-Nami-swan…." Sanji pouted while Luffy laughed.
"S-Sorry don't mind that idiot. Akane's actually unconscious right now." The navigator explained. "She got injured really badly two days ago and hasn't woken up since."
"I see. Well if she wakes up then tell her I need to talk to her." Law answered and then hung up.
"I-IF?!" Nami gasped.
"He's quite scary…." Brook got up from his depression state.
"He's stupid." Zoro scoffed.
"I feel like he doesn't care if she was alive or not!" Usopp sweat-dropped.
"Of course he does!" Chopper chuckled nervously.
"Yeah! Law isn't that mean!" Luffy added.
"Yohohohoho are you sure?" Brook looked at them uneasy.
"Of course he is Musician-san." Robin chuckled.
"That bastard…." Sanji muttered.
"I kinda feel bad for Akane sis…" Franky shook his head.
"Why do you feel bad for me?" Akane got up slowly from her bed, looking at everyone confused. They were all gathered around her table.
"AKANE!" Luffy leaped towards her and showed her all the bounties. "LOOK! LOOK! WE GOT BOUNTIES!"
"EH?! Really?!"
"Yeah! And yours is the second highest!"
"EH?! Seriously?!" Akane snatched them all and stared at them with awe. "Whoa Luffy! Oh my gosh I do have a lot! Pfft…. Sanji…" She snickered getting a whine in return from the cook. "Oh Chopper's is kinda low…. Franky has a nice one! Whoa…. Uso-no- Sogeking?! Brook has a nice one too! And I see Robin's increased more! Zoro… his is not bad for just joining! Nami! Yours is nice too! More than I expected! Dang! This is amazing! We're officially pirates with this right?!"
"Yeah! You understand right, Akane?!" Luffy nodded his head. "Nami said it's a bad thing though!"
"Eh? Why? With this, we're known throughout the world!"
"Yeah… that's exactly why!" The Navigator snapped. "Now everyone will be after us!"
"Isn't that okay? We'll just kick their asses." Akane blinked twice while the others laughed.
"You're just as dense as Luffy…" The orange-haired girl sighed.
"Oh! Akane-chwan how are you feeling now?!" Sanji suddenly asked.
"That's right! What happened to you?! You were half dead when Sanji and Zoro found you!" Chopper nodded his head.
"Oh that's right… that did happen huh…." Akane put a finger on her chin, gaining suspicious looks at the first mate. "But it doesn't matter! I just got careless!" She laughed it off.
"But no matter how careless you became, those injuries were serious! Please be careful next time!" Chopper begged.
"Got it Doctor!" Akane saluted and laughed once again.
"You're so stupid…." Zoro sighed.
"Oh that's right Akane-san. You got a call from Law-san a few minutes ago." Robin reminded everyone and the first-mate.
"What? Law called me? Why? He never does." She looked at the archaeologist with confusion.
"That's what we'd like to know! That bastard didn't even care if you-" Sanji began but was stopped by Usopp.
"Well you should just call him then. If he never calls then it must be important…" He chuckled nervously.
"That's true. Hey Luffy pass me the phone!" She ordered the captain who stretched his arm to get the phone.
"Here you go!" He grinned.
"Thanks~" She smiled back and dialed Law's number and then left the phone on speaker.
"Eh? Is that okay, sis?" Franky asked. "We could leave."
"Why? If he bothered to call then it should be important- so I don't really care if you guys listen." She shrugged it off.
"It better be important…" Sanji glared at the phone. "Akane-chwan wasted her time to call this bastard…"
"Now, now, Cook-san…" Robin chuckled as everyone heard a click indicating that Law answered.
"Miss Akane?"
"Yeah Law! You called?" She answered, relaxing in her bed even more.
"Yes. I have some news for you." He answered.
"News? Oh if it's about the bounties I already know."
"No, not that. I'm at an island that may just interest you."
"Interest me? What the hell are you talkin' about?" She questioned, confused.
"It's the island where Red Haired Shanks found you." He answered, his voice not changing at all. Everyone's eyes widened in surprise, except for Luffy's, and they looked at the first-mate who just remained the same.
"So? I don't care about that." Akane stated firmly.
"That's not all Miss Akane. I found out some information about your mother. You're real mother."
"EH?!" Everyone in the room blurted out, except for Luffy and Akane who just gritted her teeth.
"Look Law! I told you I don't care about that!" Her voice now rose with annoyance.
"Miss Akane. Let me finish." Law's voice became angrier. "What you've been thinking about her all these years is wrong. She's not the type of person you think she is."
"What are you talking about? All I know about that bitch is that she abandoned me! Which I'm completely glad she did! I wouldn't have met Shanks or Makino or-"
"She's dead." Law interrupted, annoyed at the interruptions by the girl.
"S-So what?!" This time the first-mate's eyes widened along with the others. "I told you that-"
"She died protecting you." He finished.
"Eh?" Everyone gasped for like the 10th time that day and looked towards the first-mate who was staring in surprise at the phone.
"Wh-what did you just say Law?" Akane stuttered.
TO BE CONTINUED~ new arc is beginning! :D Hahahaha it got serious really quickly huh? Well I hope it wasn't boring…. Until next time!