Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, children of al- well children of acceptable ages, I give you Chapter 8.
The jungle was quiet. Almost a little too quiet for Zoro's liking. Still, he felt as if he had nothing to worry about. Except for maybe the ones that he was leading into the jungle. Even though he was sure that no matter what they came across, he would be able to take care of it, the last thing he needed was for them to get in trouble while they were on his watch. So before they even really got started, he told them, "Don't do anything stupid. You are only here to help bring whatever I catch back to the ships."
Surprisingly, they were very compliant with him. Almost as if they knew that they wouldn't be of much help to him during this little expedition. One of the soldiers spoke up when he asked about this. "Some of us were there when you fought with Baroque works. We saw some of you fight against their agents, and the princess even told us what she has seen of you. To be perfectly honest, compared to you we don't really pose any sort of threat. So we already decided that we were just gonna stay out of the way and let you work."
Hearing it this way almost made him feel sorry for them. Almost but not quite. Instead he was focused on the Stegosaurus that had appeared before him. "Stand back and keep an eye out for the villagers." He looked at the dino and thought about just how he wanted to go about it. 'Can't cut it up too bad. The love cook might get angry." He took out all of his swords and got in position to attack.
"Oniā¦" The dino was coming dangerously close, flailing its spiked tail around in the air. The soldiers were starting to get worried, but continued to watch the swordsman.
"Giri!" Suddenly he slashed with all three swords at the dino. The dino stood frozen for three seconds before falling, a few deep cuts in its side.
The soldiers, at first amazed by what they had just seen, quickly became aware of their surroundings. The villagers were going to be attacking soon. Sure enough, moments later they came. However, they were quickly rendered unconscious by the soldiers.
"Good job. Now let's get this guy back to the ship." Said the swordsman sheathing his swords.
In another part of the jungle, the next group of soldiers were following the blond haired cook. He was on his third cigarette since entering the jungle, and the soldiers were beginning to wonder just how much the man smoked in a single day.
They didn't have long to wonder though, as the next group of dinos, a small pack of raptors, approached them. The cook took one look at them and smiled. "I've never had the pleasure of cooking one of your kind before, but I think I can make an excellent stew out of you." Finishing his cig, he attacked. There were about six raptors and all of them were down within three seconds.
Right on cue, the attack started, only this time there was only one villager. This one, however, looked different from the others.
Sanji immediately noticed this. "Stand back. This one is mine. Get them ready to go back." He walks up to the villager as the soldiers take the raptors back to the ships.
The villager attacks, but Sanji dodges easily. He keeps on attacking, showing some skill in his attacks, but nothing that Sanji can't handle. "You are probably one of the best warriors in your tribe, but you can't take me out with skills like that." He lashed out one kick and sent his spear flying away.
"Now feel the product of my years of culinary practice." He set his body for the attack.
"Mouton Shoot." He pivoted on his right foot and sent a straight kick into the villager's chest. The villager was sent straight back into the jungle.
He stood straight, lit another cig, and headed back to the ship
Vivi had been pondering something ever since she had met up with the crew, and surprisingly it had nothing to do with the acceptance of Robin into the crew. No, it was this jungle. So far the dinosaurs that they had come across had always attacked first, as if they were intruding on their territory. However when they killed one of them, the villagers were immediately on them. So why did the villagers feel the need to protect the dinosaurs so much? Was there some sort of unspoken mutual agreement between the two parties? And if so what was it?
The soldiers saw this. They already knew this side of her too well. They already knew to leave her to her thoughts, as she would usually get mad if she was interrupted while thinking.
Her thoughts were broken when she came up to a triceratops, which was digging its leg into the ground, getting ready to charge. The soldiers' first instinct was to immediately step in front of her and protect her. Of course, the moment they did that she would probably begin yelling at them for that. So they stayed behind and looked for the villagers.
Vivi had already released her strings and was staring down the dino. "Charge all you want, but you will be making my job easier."
The dino still charged, and Vivi sighed. "Peacock bullet." The string shot straight forward, pierced the dino straight between the horns, and came out the back of the tri horned dino. The dino was stopped, literally dead in its tracks. Vivi then retracted her strings and the dinosaur fell to the ground.
After the villagers were dispatched, the soldiers carried the dino back while Vivi returned to her thoughts.
Luffy would have been content to go back to where he found Vivi and taking the dino she killed back with him. That was the plan when he started with the soldiers, who were quickly beginning to wonder if this was a good thing for the princess to do. This man did not look like a man that could defeat one of the Shichikubai. He was extremely childish and far too relaxed. But Vivi trusted him so they would trust her
Any way that was the case, but they had just run into an even bigger one half an hour into the exploration. The captain was absolutely ecstatic.
"Woooooow! That is huuuuuuuuuge." Completely oblivious to the fact that it was starting to attack. However once it tried to step on him he was ready for it. "Gomu Gomu No Fuusen (balloon)." He inflated his body and the dinos foot bounced right off of him, sending its reeling back. "Man, you really are a grumpy one aren't you?" Luffy said with his completely clueless stare.
The dino regained its balance and tried again for the attack. This time the captain dodged to the side. Then he stretched his arms and grabbed its head. "Gomu Gomu No Rocket." He launched himself up over the dino and set up for the kill shot, shooting his foot as high as he could. "Gomu Gomu No Ono (axe)." He brought it down against the dinos neck, killing it on the spot. The villagers were on them the moment he landed.
Luffy didn't waste any time. "Oi, you soldiers, you might wanna duck." He brought his leg up. The soldiers froze for a second before dropping down. "Gomu Gomu No Muchi (whip)." He brought his leg across the side of the villagers, sending them flying to the side. His leg came right back to him and he turned to the dino. "Alright let's get back to the party!"
And just like that, any doubts about this guy in the minds of the soldiers were washed away.
Ok, ladies and gentlemen. That's chapter 8. A little action here and there but I kinda like it. Hope you do to, so please R&R.
