Title: Nasty Naughty Boy
Chapter four: The forth and fifth supernovas
Rating: T
Summary: Finally away from Law and Killer, Kidd then greeted by the forth supernova in the town and he's willing to offer help. But how will the crews react towards their new nakama?
Song: Trouble Is a Friend by Lenka
A/N: At last, the long awaited chapter! *crying dramatically* I can't express how glad I am for your patience. Hopefully, it meets your expectation. .
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Trouble he will find you no matter where you go, oh oh
No matter if you're fast, no matter if you're slow, oh oh
The eye of the storm or the cry in the mourn, oh oh
You're fine for a while but you start to lose control
Eustass Kidd sighed heavily, scratching the back of his fiery head as he perched on a rather high roof top. It's too damn hot to be up here! And yet, the sun just had enough nerve to stay up in the sky. A smug, orange ball, sitting up there all high and mighty, emitting ridiculous hotness and he would bet every beli that it must be laughing at him seeing his misery state. Speaking about misery, Kidd wondered if the Law and Killer had yet starting to kill each other. It had been almost half and hour since he has been standing or rather hiding on that particular high spot, but not any sign of metal clashing could be heard, which meant, those two idiots must still be alive somewhere. By luck, they would probably just end their war with limbs still attached and went back to their ship, or they were hunting for his sorry ass at the moment. Life couldn't be more thriller that this. He got a three hundreds and fifteen millions bounty on his head and now added with two evil sex machines pursuing him. Where the hell was Goddess of Luck when he needed one!?
The captain was too busy moping on his misfortunes; he didn't hear the sound of sandaled feet approaching from behind him.
"What are you doing?" Kidd quickly spun around only to come face to face with a pair of curious black orbs. Well, it wasn't really face to face since the person before him was about a head shorter, but point was made. Unfortunately for the supernova, the spin was too fast, he lost his footing, staggering backward and let out not so mainly yelp as his ass landed hard on the ground.
"You are a funny guy." The person laughed in a tone that said 'you are retarded'.
"Shut up Mugiwara." The redhead glared at the boy who was none other than Monkey D. Luffy and fervently rubbed the back of his bruised ass as he finally got on his feet back.
"What are you doing here anyway? Not that I give a damn."
"I'm lost. So I thought it'll be easy to see my ship if I'm up here."
Kidd rolled his eyes as he dusted himself off. "Don't you remember where you docked it?"
"Nope!" A grin flashed across the face.
Kidd sweat dropped for a minute and decided never, ever tried to figure Luffy out. The teen was like the epitome of idiocy and up until now, he still couldn't believe his bounty came second after him.
"Whooaaa! There it is!" Luffy chirped happily like a kid in a candy store. What a brat, Kidd thought. He looked towards the direction the teen was pointing at to see a ship with a straw hat wearing scull flag harbored quite a distance from his own, almost hiding itself behind a few large rocks. No wonder he didn't notice them. Suddenly, an invisible light bulb lit on top of his head.
"Wait, Mugiwara." The teen was about to jump down but quickly stopped and glowered at Kidd. The older male was eyeing Luffy, strangely deep in thought. Luffy's brows knitted together, wondering what the other was thinking.
"I have a favor to ask." Kidd said, lowly but clearly enough for Luffy to hear.
"What is it?"
"Before that…" Kidd paused. "Does your ship have good booze?"
"Eh?"
He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart
He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!
"Luffy?"
"Hmm?"
"What is this?" With a straight face and half lidded eyes, the swordsman pointed his finger at their guest.
"Have you forgotten Zoro? That's Kidd. We met him at Saboady Arch—"
SMACK!
Silence reigned out as the sound of the palm hitting the back of Luffy's head echoed, but not for long.
"Owiiee!!! That hurts Zoro!" The captain shouted in pain as he rubbed his bruised head.
"I know who he is! But just what the hell is he doing here in our ship, sitting there happy as a clam and drinking my booze!? Again, MY BOOZE!" Zoro growled out, glaring venomously both at his captain and Kidd. True that the said man was currently sitting in the ship's kitchen, enjoying his amber drink and snorting at the first mate outburst. What was his problem anyway? He had never seen in his life a man so obsessed over a drink. It's not like he just killed his girlfriend, although he highly doubted the grass head had one.
"B-But, he said he needs help!" Was Mugiwara trying to defend him? Well, help sounded a little bit pansies but close enough.
Trouble is a friend but trouble is a foe, oh oh
And no matter what I feed him he always seems to grow, oh oh
He sees what I see and he knows what I know, oh oh
So don't forget as you ease on down the road
"I seriously can't imagine what sort of help he wants from us. Maybe the next minutes, we will all be killed by our own tableware." Zoro crossed his arms over his chest.
Good Lord, he's just like Killer. Annoyingly paranoid and overprotective bastard. He must be Mugiwara's first mate.
"Don't worry grass head. I wasn't planning to be all buddy-buddy with you. I won't stay here long anyway." Kidd said with a flat stare before he continued his drink.
"What was that flame hair!?" Zoro shouted, hand already reaching for his katana.
"You sure you want to do that? There is no guarantee that pretty swords of yours won't mince its own owner." The redhead said with a diabolical smirk. His point further emphasized when Zoro's katana began to slide out slowly from its scabbard, but he managed to get a good hold of the hilt.
"Stop stealing my katana, monster magnet."
"O-Oi, Sanji…" Ussop stared at the cook, searching for any signs that he should be worried. Come to think of it, he and Nami were the normal humans in the ship right now, minus Chopper since he's basically an animal, so staying in the kitchen filled with monsters was like being in a freak show itself. The marksman sighed pathetically.
"I don't think he's here to assassinate us. Besides, anyone who can get shitty marimo that worked up without even breaking a sweat is a friend of mine."
"Do you want to get sliced up too, love love machine demon!?" Zoro scowled at the blond.
"Bring it on, monster marimo. I'll kick you good enough to send you to your next life." Sanji stepped forward, blowing a puff of smoke. Zoro already unsheathed his katana and completely forgetting about Kidd who was watching them wide eyes with bemused expression. Great, a drink and a show.
"ONIGIRI—"
"COLLIER SHOOT—"
THUNK!
Now, the sound of fist hitting both heads filled the room, causing both the swordsman and the cook to lay on the ground, unconscious.
"Shut up already, both of you!" Nami yelled at both man, veins popping out on her forehead.
"M-Mellorine…" The blond managed to mumble despite seeing countless stars behind his eyes.
"A-A single blow!" Chopper blurted out, hardly believing his eyes when the navigator managed to knock out cold the two monsters in their ship, causing all the other crews including her captain to visibly shrink in the room. Even Kidd had a hard time to grasp the situation. Did the woman just take out The Pirate Hunter Zoro and Black Leg Sanji in one hit? Before this, Kidd would have laughed his ass off at the thought of being knocked out unconscious by a 5' 6" woman, but right now, there she was standing tall at the center of the room, holding her fist high with two men lying down next to her feet. That's the main reason why men should be aware of women!
It wasn't long for Zoro to regain his consciousness before pulling himself up and staggered his way to sit almost next to Kidd.
"That bitch could fucking kill a T-Rex with that fist!" The swordsman grumbled as he rubbed the sore spot on his head.
Kidd grinned at the whole sight before him. "I'm starting to like this crew." He commented.
Not really affected by the freak show, Robin simply coughed politely and started walking towards their guest before sitting herself in front of him.
"I don't really have issue with captain-san decision to accommodate you…" The archeologist paused, leaning on her left elbow with her palm rested under her chin. "But I think it's only fair for you to tell us the reason why." She implied in a gentle voice, her blue eyes flicking towards the redhead. Kidd was highly tempted to just snort at the woman and turn his head away, but seeing all crews visibly winced once again, he figured that wouldn't be a wise idea for now. He even noticed the blue nosed reindeer behind her was shaking his head rather forcefully and made a no-no sign by waving his hands, as if to deliver Kidd a message of something like 'Don't argue with the women in this ship if you don't want to be tear apart!'
Good thing those antlers attached firmly to his head, because it'll hurt like bitch if it were to flew away with those hard shakes and hit the nearby crew, Kidd thought.
So don't be alarmed if he takes you by the arm
I won't let him win, but I'm a sucker for his charm
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!
Kidd snapped back his attention to the raven haired woman who was patiently waiting for him to do the story telling. Then, his crimson eyes trailed off to look over the crew again.
This time it was blue haired cyborg that made the 'Just listen to her or your fate will be worse than death!' gesture. Hmm, wonder what the woman did to him enough to make that man terrified with her. (A/N: Franky did have his balls squeezed before this right? Lolx)
The supernova still hesitated, but he remembered clearly how the copper haired girl brought out her inner self just a while ago and if Kidd was smart enough, he shouldn't bring out another inner demon from these women.
"Fine, damnit…" Kidd sighed heavily, setting down his glass. He then looked Robin in the eyes with a defeated look on his face. "Look, if you must know…"
Oh how I hate the way he makes me feel
And how I try to make him leave, I try
Oh oh, I try!
A few moments later, there wasn't any sound present in the room except a faint noise of sea waves occasionally making contact with the ship and a clinking sound made by the ice cubes hitting the glass surface as the redhead slightly shook his glass before bringing it up to his lips. Kidd could feel the tension in the air as everyone stared at him.
"So… Um," Brooke began. "A love triangle then."
Kidd spurted out his drink, having a few brown droplets shamefully stained the tablecloth. Having the glass down to the table, he noticed the Sanji was hiding his face behind his hand, probably because he was trying to stifle a laugh but the cook cleverly masked it by pretending he was taking a drag from his cigarette. As if Kidd would believe that when the cigarette wasn't even lit!
"Just as I feared! Not only our friend here had been unconsciously cheating behind his lover's back, and now there is an unknown feeling developing between him and the third person! So now it's practically 'The best man wins' battle between his lover and first mate. Oh a problem indeed you are experiencing in your love life!" Brook voiced his thought dramatically.
Blushing slightly, Kidd picked up one of fruits inside the basket and threw it straight at the skeleton. "Shut up! And stop making up a disgusting story!"
Ignoring the pain, Brook continued. "Shall I sing a love song then? Yohohohohoho~"
He glared daggers at the musician. "No, I don't want to hear any of your stupid song. And it wasn't a love triangle or whatever you call it."
"Really? So what do you call it then?" Sanji rolled his eyes, moving to sit on the couch.
"Haven't you ever heard of it, love cook?" Zoro interrupted. "It's like a love, hate thing. He hates to love the crazy doctor, but the doctor loves fucking him. And the masked dude secretly in love him, he hates his rival. And now he's being chased by two love-love machines." The marimo head just shrugged with his fingers playing the tip of his sword's hilt. Sanji snorted at the come back in a 'I can't believe the marimo head just said that' kind of way.
Nami's eyes locked onto the redhead and said the first thing and only thing floating around her head. "So you ditched those two to have them kill each other?"
Kidd scowled. "It was a spur of the moment, alright? You can't expect me to stop two mutant freaks with blades and nasty temper from slashing each other throat." He shuddered. "I'd never make it out alive."
"So, even the strong has fear when it comes to a love thing." She said softly, drumming her fingers on the table.
Kidd looked up at her. "What was that?"
"Nothing." She replied in a sing-song voice.
"B-but, you are strong and ranked first among the supernovas. Sure you can stop them if you try." Chopper muttered timidly, not successfully hiding himself behind Zoro's legs.
"You've seen how those two fights back in Saboady." He insisted. "Stepping in between them is like putting myself in a blender machine. And I still want to find One Piece with all my limbs still attached, thank you very much."
He's there in the dark, he's there in my heart
He waits in the wings, he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh
Ussop looked across the table at Kidd and couldn't help but nod in agreement, knowing by logic it was indeed his funeral if he was to interfere the monster war, even if it come from someone like Kidd. He had been traveling around with a bunch of people possessing a ridiculous superhuman strength, indulging into a countless of bloody battle and miraculously still survive. Still, among the line, Ussop would wake up at night and wondered why was he still hanging out with these overly dangerous people, really? It only took a moment for him to shake those thought from his head.
The marksman sat up in his seat suddenly. "Wait, wouldn't it be BAD if those two were to find you here? It'll be an all out battle then!" Ussop took a step back and shook his head fearfully. Having currently three supernovas on the ship was bad enough as it already was, and now there would be possibilities of another two joining in soon enough. By analyzing Kidd's story, Ussop was far more than sure these three 'lover birds' won't simply discuss their little problem and chit chatting over an afternoon tea. Were they planning to create apocalypse on Thousand Sunny!?
Kidd shrugged as though it didn't matter anymore. "Well, let's just pray to God they won't then. Not that I have one to pray to."
"Anyhow…" Kidd blinked at the interruption, but otherwise shifted his attention to Franky. "Staying here isn't going to help solving any of your problem, bro. You are still going to face them whether you like it or not. The masked dude is after all your first mate."
The redhead thought about that for a moment, scratching the un-itchy back of his head and shrugged. "Keh, you think I haven't thought of that? I rather don't want to think about it now." Kidd finished his drink in one swig and get to his feet before walking towards the door.
"You are leaving?" Robin questioned, all eyes focused now on the supernova.
"I'm going to sleep." Kidd said, looking back over his shoulder with his hand already holding the doorknob. "Because of that blondie wearing mask, I couldn't even close my eyes in my own damn ship without having a fear of getting attacked, and when I say attack, it means getting jumped on by that beast. Until now, I kept asking myself why I haven't kicked that moron off board."
Another heavy silence fell inside the room. After a moment of eerie atmosphere, Kidd continued as though nothing was wrong with what he had just said. "So… Where is the men's quarter? I really need a good sleep right now…" Without waiting for their answer, Kidd slowly pushed open the door.
"OI! STOP TREATING THIS SHIP LIKE YOUR OWN!" All the crews shouted in unison.
Robin just sat there sipping his coffee peacefully as she thought the whole thing was quite interesting. By this time, Luffy only sat on the couch without making any sound through out the crews' lively conversation. He looked at the wall, at Kidd, at the floor and ceiling as his mind working hard an answer for the question that had been bothering the young captain for a while.
Just what 'Love Triangle' meant anyway?
So don't be alarmed if he takes you by the arm
I won't let him win, but I'm a sucker for his charm
Trouble is a friend, yeah trouble is a friend of mine, oh oh!
Ooo, oh ooo, ooo ahh
TBC
A/N: Writing this chapter was all fun since I had to imagine the quarrels among the crews because of our Eustass Kidd.