[A/N] Poop on a stick! This didn't turn out as long as I wanted it to be *sigh* At least we got some Nicole and Zoro stuff in here :D Enjoy and Review my lovelies!
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Nicole yawned and rubbed her eyes as she began to wake up. She looked around before standing and letting out a sigh. It was still dark, but the sky was beginning to light up signaling dawn would be near shortly.
"Fuck me sideways..." She groaned to herself and rubbed her face before freezing and looking around, "If any pervs are stalking around, that wasn't an invitation," She corrected herself as she finished scoping the place for anyone around. She growled inwardly and started to walk, not even sure where she was going.
"This is what I get for making fun of that damn swordsman!" She huffed as she thought to herself and went forward down the path. She knew it would lead to a dock sooner or later, but which one was a mystery. She had heard villagers talking as she passed by them earlier in the day, and she picked out from their conversations that there were two facing the opposite sides of each other. One north and one south. When she came to a crossroad, she decided to wing it and and choose a path with a guess, "Whatever..."
There was no one in sight as she walked closer and closer to the dock. She cursed to herself as she thought about having to walk all the way to the other dock to find them before she saw a few specks in the distance, standing on the slopes ledge. The sun was close to coming up and the sky had a dim light to it, making it easier to identify the bodies of her crew mates, plus Usopp.
She scuffed one of her feet until it began to glow a dim yellow and pushed herself forward, flashing across the dirt road and stopping exactly behind the group. When she came to a halt, the wind that moved with her continued to go and blew past the four, first of all scaring Nami and Usopp half to death and causing Zoro to go on guard, slightly unsheathing a sword with his thumb. They all turned around and sighed in relief when they were met with Nicole's grinning face.
"Hey guys."
Nami and Usopp grew shark teeth as they yelled at her for scaring them half to death, while Zoro took his hand off of the hilt and crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow. He was going to ask her about her whereabouts, but Luffy beat him to the punch.
"Nicole! Where have you been? We were about to beat up some pirates without you!" She tilted her head and looked over Luffy's shoulder. She didn't see any ships or people, she only saw some sort of oil spread across the slope.
"Uh, you were? I don't see any pirates...just a tipped over oil barrel."
"Oh, the pirates aren't here yet!" Usopp put his hands on his hips and grinned, "But we have them right where we want them! With my special oil slick strategy, there's no way they can make it to the village!"
"Wait..." She spoke trying to piece together everything that they were saying, "So we are beating up a group of pirates...because they want to...attack the village? But you know this information before they are even at the docks to raid it, so you want to explain how you know all of this?"
"Oh, that weird butler guy is a pirate!" Luffy spoke before Usopp.
"And he's ordered his crew to attack the village and kill Kaya! I refuse to let that happen, and that's why we are waiting here to stop them!"
"Umm...Yeah you guys sound crazy, but whatever," She shrugged before smirking, "I could use a good fight."
Usopp sighed and gestured with his hand, still having one on his hip, "Now now, victory all depends on our strength, so what can you guys do?"
"I cut," Zoro answered crossing his arms.
Luffy came next putting out his fist, "I stretch"
"I steal," Nami nodded before they all turned to Nicole.
She blinked before shrugging, "Oh, well I just kick ass all together." They all sweatdropped before Usopp spoke up.
"Well I hide!" They all yelled in unison at him and Luffy put him in a head lock. He waved his hands in front of him, "I was just making a funny guys calm down!"
Luffy put him down as the rest took a breath. They all looked up at the horizon when Zoro spoke.
"It's almost daybreak...they're coming."
As soon as the sun was risen, the Straw Hat's started to grow impatient. Captain Kuro's men should've been there already, and Nicole could feel something wasn't right.
"Where are they?" Luffy whined as he stood from his kneeling position, "The sun's up, what's the deal?"
Zoro shrugged, "Maybe they overslept."
"No, they're going to show up alright. And lots of them," Usopp crossed his arms, having a straight look of determination on his face.
"Well...it's easier to oversleep than you think," Nicole scratched the back of her head and gave a short laugh, talking from experience.
There was a pause before Nami perked up and pt her hands to her ears, "Huh?" Nicole looked at her strangely as she walked away from them, stopping a few feet away, "Wait a minute...maybe I'm hearing things, but it sounds like battle cries from somewhere..."
They all started to look around and Nicole looked the opposite way from the dock, "I think I'm hearing them too..."
"No, it can't be..." Usopp trailed off as Zoro looked at him.
"What can't be?"
He grabbed his head at the realization and started to panic, "There's another shore just like this to the North!...they went..."
"We're at the wrong shore?" Luffy exclaimed and ran to Usopp's side, "That's not good!"
He shook his head and retorted, "Well that's where they had their secret meeting so I just assumed okay?"
Nami sighed and held her head as Nicole put a hand on her hip, "Are you stupid? We could have covered both slopes if you didn't actually know which one they were coming to!"
"It's not my fault okay?" He defended himself, but continued to panic.
"We've got to hurry!" Luffy yelled, "Before they make it to the village! Where is it?"
"You have to head directly north from here, if you run you can make it in three minutes! The terrain there is almost exactly the same so all we need to do is stop them at the slope!"
"Don't you worry Usopp, we're going to stop them!" He nodded at the long nosed teenager. Nami stood looking at them until she realized something, something that made her stomach turn.
"Oh no!" She shouted, gaining everyone's attention, "If those filthy pirates are at the north shore then they have already spotted our boats! They'll take our treasure!"
"I'll be there in twenty seconds!" Luffy said before he started running the other way.
Usopp grabbed his head and shouted before he started running himself, "Aw man! My brilliant oil strategy was all for nothing!"
"My precious treasure..." Nami held her own head as she stared off into space.
Nicole patted her back before Zoro spoke, "What are you two doing? We need to get going."
"Yeah," Nami nodded and went to go forward. One of her feet had somehow got into the oil and she started to slip. She grabbed in front of her until her hand latched onto something. That certain something happened to be one of Zoro's sheathed swords and she began to pull him down with her.
"Oh shit!" Nicole tried to back away, but wasn't fast enough. Zoro grabbed onto her ankle as he began to slip down the oily slope, tugging her down and making her slip with them.
"Help, I'm going to fall!" Nami called out and latched onto Zoro's foot instead as Nicole tried to grasp onto the non oily land.
"Let go you moron!" Zoro yelled at Nami before Nicole looked at him like he was crazy.
"You're the moron! Let go of me!" She growled and tried to shake him off to no avail. Nami apologized and looked up before smiling.
"Hello," She pulled Zoro forward, making Nicole lose her grasp on the land. Nami climbed up Zoro, then Nicole's back and landed on the uncovered ground. The green haired swordsman finally let go of Nicole, but it no longer mattered since they both slipped down the slope on the other side of the oil.
"Sorry, but you understand, the treasure's in danger!" Nami paused and looked back at them before she started running north, "That oil wont be a problem for you guys right?" She called out before she disappeared over the slope.
Zoro growled as he looked up from the ground, "That girl's gonna pay!"
"Calm down," Nicole sighed as she stood and dusted herself off. A dark aura came around her as her grin turned devilish, "I have something special planned for that ginger's punishment! Damn girl, making me get oil on my new clothes!"
He looked at her, finally realizing she had changed, "Oh, you did change huh."
"Yep," She nodded, "I told you I had to go shopping."
He shrugged as he stood and walked forward towards her. She raised her eyebrow as he looked at her up and down stopping at her revealed tattoo on her stomach, then back up at her face. He blinked already knowing why she was looking at him the way she was and cleared his throat, looking back at the oiled land.
"So, uh...how are we going to get up this slope?"
Nicole snickered and shook her head, "Nice save."
"What save?" He glanced back and smirked.
"Oh, so you weren't just checking me out just now?" She tilted her head knowingly.
"Nope," He turned and kept his expression, "But I bet you wanted it to be me checking you out."
"In your dreams," She smirked herself before walking next to him and looking at the oil, "Anyways swordsmen, I know how I'm going to get up there, but I think I'll let you ponder on how you're going to get up there."
"What are-" He started to ask her on her strategy, but got interrupted when Nicole's feet started to glow and she zoomed across the oil, landing on the other side.
She smirked and cocked a hip to the side as she crossed her arms, "Take that swordsman. Now lets see your game plan."
"Damn oil..." Zoro mumbled as he breathed in and started to run up the slippery slope. Nicole picked up the empty barrel and took a seat, watching and laughing every time the swordsman made an attempt at conquering the oily slope.
He growled and narrowed his eyes at her, "Shouldn't you get going?"
"Oh, the others will be fine! They have Luffy with them," She laughed some more as he slid back down the slope once again, "Besides I wouldn't want to miss a minute of this, it's amusing as hell!"
He scowled and breathed in before he ran as fast as he could, trying to get past the oil, "How am I supposed to get past this stuff?"
He repeated the same thing over and over again until he was panting and lying on the ground covered in oil, "Nami!" He called out in the air to himself, "If you're still alive when I get out of here I'm going to kill you!"
Nicole sighed before standing, "Okay okay. I guess I'll help the poor little swordsman up the hill, this is just pitiful," She giggled slightly as she put a hand over her mouth.
"No," He stood back up, half frustration, half determination in his expression. He let out a loud grunt as he took out two of his swords and ran up the slope, stabbing them in the ground as he went up.
"Take that oil!" he continued to travel up the slope until he was in the clear and on non slippery ground. He leaned forward and put his hands on his knees to catch his breath while Nicole smirked and clapped her hands.
"Nice!" She grinned and patted his back before starting to walk forward, "Now, time to get to the north shore!"
"Right," Zoro breathed as he started walking and caught up to her, "After that, I'm ready to kick some ass," He huffed as he sheathed his swords and tied his black bandana around his head.
Nicole nodded as she tightened her fingerless gloves, "Lets show them how real pirates do things!"
Zoro clenched his fists as they walked further, and after they arrived at a crossroads he turned. Nicole stopped and turned throwing her hands up, "Zoro, where the hell are you going? He said directly north!"
"This is north! The way you're going is east!" He stopped and explained his reasoning with her. She rolled her eyes before walking up to him. She wrapped one of her arms around his waist and threw one of his arms around her shoulders, "Uh, what are you doing?"
"I'm making this faster, for both of us," She took in a breath before scuffing her feet on the ground. As soon as the energy formed around the bottom of her feet she pushed herself forward and sped towards the northern slope.
They stopped when they saw the slope, and the pirates that were running over it. She let go of Zoro and looked around.
"Zoro, Nicole," Luffy waved as he ran towards them, "Gum Gum Rocket!" They both moved back as he shot his hands forward. They hit in the center of the pirates, knocking a lot of them back over the slope.
"I guess this is our queue," Nicole smirked and cracked her knuckles, "You get left and I get right?"
"Sounds good to me," He nodded and unsheathed one of his swords, gunning for all of the pirates on the left side. He almost immediately took all of them out, and when he looked to the right Nicole was standing on one of the men, with no more of the pirates in site.
Her, Zoro and Luffy walked forward to stand on top of the slope, looking over the scene of unconscious pirates and Nami and Usopp lying on the ground. The hypnotist man along with some more of Captain Kuro's men was at the bottom, not believing what they were seeing.
Zoro scowled and slung his sword over his shoulder, "Is that the best those pirates can dish out?"
"Yeah, I was hoping for a challenge," Luffy spoke as his chest heaved and he held an arm with the other. Nicole just breathed out heavily and looked around.
"And you!" Zoro continued as he put his attention onto Nami, "After you leaving me down there you're lucky I'm not kicking your ass too!"
"Seriously Nami what happened to the girl code?" Nicole shook her fist at the orange headed girl and seethed, "Oh, you wait 'til I get a hold of you!"
"Usopp, you big bonehead!" Luffy yelled out, "You never told me which direction was north!"
Jango looked up from his hat and frowned, "Who are these guys?"
"Well," Nicole turned her attention to him, "We're about to be the people who kick your ass!"
[A/N] Taaaa dahhh! So, if you're wondering what Nicole looks like, I drew her and Zoro! The picture is up on my deviantart, so go look! I have the same name and everything!
Me: Poor Zoro and his struggle, I love how Nicole just sits there and doesn't help the poor guy.
Nicole: Bite me, it was funny!
Me: Alright, alright! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter:) Please please please Review? *hopeful face*