Chapter 18: acceptance
Me:i'm back
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Rushika's day off vol 3: Rushika tells the kid that she'll by ice cream for the kid.
5 Days later.
"So…you're from Skypeia?!" Nami said while she sips on some tea. Nami and Mikashi were sitting on chairs outside Nami's house. Mikashi was telling her about how she met Willis and were she from. Mikashi took a sip of her tea and begun to speak, "yea, that the name I remember of my homeland….but I don't remember noting else." She said.
"y'know, I've been to skypeia before." Nami said sipping on tea.
Just as Mikashi took a sip of her tea she spat it out. She stared at Nami with surprise in her face, "y-y been there!?"
"Yeah…I'm surprised you don't have wings." Nami took another sip of tea, "it was a real nice place until we found out about that fake god."
"God?" Mikashi said.
"Guess I got a lot to explain huh?" Nami said.
Nami then went on to explain everything about Skypeia as much as she could. She told Mikashi about the sky people, the shandians, and the false god enel. The city of gold which turn out to be old ruins instead of gold. She also told Mikashi the way to get there to Skypeia.
"Jaya…" Mikashi asked, "What that?"
"It an island in the grand line" Nami said, "Once you get their, look for a guy nameMontblac cricket. He'll help you out."
Suddenly Nami had gotten a hug from Mikashi, "thank you Nami-san!" Mikashi said.
"No problem…" nami said, "Usually I would charge 200 beli for information, but since I gotten to known you guys I'll let it go for free." Mikashi let go of Nami and sat back in her seat. Mikashi couldn't stop smiling, she now know something about were she is from.
"You know speaking of you guys…" Nami said, "were is that stupid captain of yours, this is the first time he hasn't tried to get me to join or try to steal my Mika in the past 5 days." (Mika is another name for fruit or oranges. Hence the name mika in "Mikashi")
"Last I've seen him he was with that Genzo guy." Mikashi said.
"Gen-san huh, wonders what those two are talking about." Nami wondered.
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Meanwhile…
Willis and Jon were with genzo standing on the ledged of a mountain all three of them were staring at a grave with a wooden cross. On the wooden cross was a pinwheel spinning in the wind. The three of them were drinking rum or ale as they were talking about Nami. Genzo started to speak, "so you see, that why Nami can't join your crew." He said
"THAT'S SO SAAAADDDDD!" Willis yelled while crying tears out of his eyes.
"Yes, is so sad that I forgot to shed tears." Jon said.
"Oi, are you insulting someone's past?" Willis asked.
"Eh…no, no, I really forgot how to cry." Jon then pointed to his eye which was bright red, "See my eyes turn red but I don't know how tears fall out. I call it Jon-can't-cry-itis"
"Still…" Willis said, "Losing your mother and being away for your crew for so long."
"Not only that, the promise the straw hats made with each other is really sad as well." Jon said. "Mr. Willis, you have to understand that she can't join your crew."
"Yeah, yeah, I know that." Willis said. "mr.scars, I want you to thank you for telling me that."
"Err…it Genzo." The man said, "and it nothing really, I just wanted you to know."
Willis folded his arm and sighed, it was still one problem that was at hand. "Man, I still don't have a navigator to help me travel." Somehow a light bulb came above Jon head. He taps his head; remember what he was going to say for the longest time, "That right, I forgot to tell you Willis. If you need a navigator, I can help you!" Jon then reached in his pocket and grabbed a black compass. "You see, I'm a Navigator myself." Jon then noticed that Willis wasn't paying attention; instead he was trying to catch a bee.
"Ohhh…..a butterfly!" Willis yelled while trying to catch it, "if I catch it I get good luck!"
"Would you pay attention to me!!!?" Jon yelled while a vein grew in his head.
"Do he realize it a bee?" Genzo thought.
Willis finally caught the bee in his hand; he then turned his attention to Jon. "Yeah I heard you. You're a navigator, but why should I let you join?" Suddenly Willis felt a stinging pain in his hands. He let go of the bee as his hand swelled up to extreme proportions. Although it seem not to affect him because he didn't scream.
"Because I saved you and that Mihawk girl life?" Jon said.
"Good enough, ok you can join." Suddenly Willis remembers Astusmi, "oh crap, I have seen her in 5 days!" Willis started to run back towards the village with his swelled up hands. Meanwhile Genzo turned at Jon and stared at him with confusion inn his face. "Mr. Jon, can I ask you something?" Genzo said getting Jon attention. "You, a government agent want to join a pirate crew, why is that?"
Jon reached into his pocket and grabbed a piece a gum. He started to chew it while speaking to genzo, "it not like I'm going to stay with the crew forever." Jon said, he the stared at the grave of Nami step mother, "once they find out I'm government, they'll become my enemies."
"But that still don't explain why you asked to join?!"
"Who knows why I asked?" Jon said with his back turned towards genzo. "Maybe it because I'm tired of traveling on my feet, or maybe it because they reminded me of them?" Jon then stared at his compass as it pointed northward. "All I know is that I just asked on impulse and had no thought about joining them, I just asked."
Genzo sighed and shrugged his shoulders. He didn't understand what Jon was talking about. Whatever it was, a government joining pirates is unheard of in this era. Jon turned around and stared at his compass. "We'll I better go tell the others that I'm joining." Jon then started walking back to the village, still chewing on his gum. Genzo just stared at the suit wearing agent, "what is he really up to?" Genzo thought.
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At the village doctor house, the doctor was putting up some medicine in his cabinet. He was still tending to his patient who was lying in the bed with her eyes open staring at the ceiling. It looks like she is lost in thought. The doctor started to speak while putting up his medical stuff, "you know, you VERY lucky to be alive with those wounds." The doctor spoke. "A regular person would had died, or at least been out for a year." The doctor then grabbed some medicine from his cabinet and walked over to his patient. He put some of the medicine in a spoon and put it in the patient mouth. The patient sips the medicine and gulps it down.
"You have to take this for at least 1 month so you wounds can heal faster." The doctor said. "Make sure you take this everyday." the doctor then lifted up the patient bed sheet and look at the bandages that are wrapped around her body. "Truly it a miracle that you survived." The doctor said while putting the bed sheet back on her. He then walked to his door, planning to leave. "I'm going now; don't move until I say so ok?" the patient just lay on her bed silent. The doctor shrugged his shoulders and leaves the house.
The girl lay staring at the ceiling below her; she lifted herself up and started to rub her head. "Shit….what am I'm doing?" she thought. "I can't defeat Zoro….I can't avenge dad….I can't even be a good Namaka to anyone!" Astusmi started rub the bandages around her body. "I abandon Willis and the others just to kill someone, I've lost good friends. Heck, they probably don't even want to see me anymore."
Suddenly someone bust through the door with a worried look on his face. His hands were swelled up to extreme proportions but it seems like he didn't noticed. Astusmi stared at the guy, for she knew who it is. "Willis?" Astusmi sad to herself.
Willis turned towards Astusmi. "Astusmi, you're alright!" he said with a smile on his face.
"Willis, what wrong with your hands?" Astusmi asked while she pointed to Willis's hands. Willis looked at his hands and shrugs his shoulders, not really caring about the swelled up hands. Astusmi looked down at herself, not trying to get a look on Willis. She was sort of embarrassed on how she's been treating Willis for the past couple of weeks. "Willis….I'm sorry…" she said.
"DID YOU JUST SAY SORRY!!?!?" Willis said very loud making the birds outside fly.
"S-shut up!" Astusmi blushed with embarrassment, "I'm sorry ok!?"
"For what exactly?!"
"For…you know…that thing." Astusmi said while she scratches the back of head. "Me not joining your crew."
"Oh...oh…that thing…." Willis said, "It ok Astusmi, you had a good reason for not wanting to join. I mean joining a pirate crew would only slow you down."
"That just it Willis…" Astusmi started to hold her head with both hands. "I thought that people would slow me down, that I didn't need anyone in my life. That the only person that I trust is I!?"
"Astusmi, it ok…" Willis said.
"Not it not Ok!" Astusmi yelled out, "all that time you and Mikashi tried to get to know my better, I've been just further away myself from you guys….I'm so worthless. I can't even avenge my dad."
"Look Astusmi." Willis said in a serious tone, but Astusmi just continued on speaking, "Willis, I'm just pathetic. All I do is outcast others for my own goal…" suddenly Willis grabbed Astusmi shoulders and stared at Astusmi dead in he golden colored eyes, "Astusmi, you had your reasons, you not pathetic. Because of your goals, you only pathetic... if you doubt yourself!"
"You're missing the point you Baka!" Astusmi yelled. "I have no friend because I'm always out casting myself from others, I'm just worthless!!!"
"THEN LET US BRIGHTING YOUR DAY BE BEING YOU FRIENDS YOU BABA!!!!!!!"
Finally, the room was silent. A sight that Willis had thought he would never see out of his whole life had finally happen to him. He could have sworn that hell was defiantly freezing over with the one impossible thing in this world. Astusmi, the baba with a heart of gold and a tough skin to match, was crying tears from her eyes. At this point, saying something like oh my god she is actually crying would ruin the mood. Astusmi then rested her head on Willis shoulder and began to sob. All Willis could do was rubbing her head as she cried.
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Few days later.
After a few days rest, Astusmi was cleared to walk among the living again. When she told Mikashi that she was re-joining the crew again, Mikashi gave her one great bear hug, which of course hurt Astusmi a lot due to her wounds. Willis also told them about Jon joining the crew as well, which surprised both of them as well. Especially Mikashi, since she knew Jon secret. She decided not to tell though. She figured that someone can't be that bad if they're willing to say lives. Astusmi also wondered were Zoro was at; Nami told her he left the island in order to find his homeland. Although she quoted that it would be impossible for that Marimo.
The new crew party for a bit at the bar with Nami and Nojiko. Jon got kick out because he forgot to put on pants again when he came out the bathroom. Willis and Astusmi both had a drinking contest to see who can out drink who. However, they both ended up losing to Nami, she drunk WAY more then them and seem to not be drunk yet. Mikashi was getting recipes form the bar so she could cook later on. Jon just waited outside for his crew since he can't go back to the bar.
Anyway the next day, Astusmi and Willis had ice bags on their head from dirking last night. Their hangover was killing them. Willis quotes something about being a double man so his hangover hurt twice as much. Anyway Nami and the others were about to send the crew of the Soaring fox off. The crew was on their ship including Jon the new Navigator.
"Well guys, I guess this is goodbye." Nami said.
"It been fun knowing you guys!" Nojiko said "but, were Astusmi?"
"She said she had to go check the storage room for something." Mikashi said.
"Baba-Nami-san!" Willis said, "thank you for the mika!"
Behind Willis was a bag of oranges that Nami gave to him. She finally gave in to Willis begging and gave him some oranges. This of course made Nojiko raised an eyebrow at her sister. "Did you really give those fruit to him for free?" Nojiko asked.
"Nojiko, how dare you think I would ask for money?" Nami said while she held sides.
Jon walked and pulled the anchor up. While pulling Willis walked up to Jon and asked him a question, "by the way Jon, how did you save me and Astusmi back at that park?"
"Oh…that?" Jon said, "Let see if I can remember…..oh yeah, it called the Shinkan no mi or fuse fruit. I can combine with almost anything that is matter. For example…" Jon then contracted on the rope he was holding on the anchor. He the said, "fuse!" his arm then became rope like. In fact, it was a rope. He swung his rope around like a lasso to show Willis his power. He then reverted back to his original arm, leaving Willis to look at him with amusement. "That's cool!" Willis said.
"Yeah, but I can only keep it for a limited amount of time." Jon said as he finish lifting the anchor up.
"Guess I'll get the ship moving." Willis then crossed his arms together and called out "San!". Three clones appeared in front of Willis. "You, go set the sail!" Willis said o the first Willis, "you go work the rudder….and you go do some push up or something."
"Aye Aye!" all of them said while going off to do their jobs.
"So you can create clones of yourself?" Jon said. "Miss Mikashi told me about you having a devil fruit."
"Yeah, I got it from a fat ass back at my hometown." Willis said. "So were do we go Jon?"
Jon reached in his pockets and grabbed his black compass. "I'll ask my compass. It will tell me were to go next. So compass, were do I go next?!" the compass pointed to two barrels sitting by the mass. "What are in those barrels?" Jon asked.
"Rum."
"Why does it always point to the rum?" Jon said to himself. "Oh well, will go north!"
The clones did their Job, one lowered the sail while the other work the rudder and one did push ups. The Soaring Fox started to move with the wind. Everyone went to the back of the ship and see Nami and Nojiko waving off.
"Bye Nami-san!" Mikashi said while waving.
"Bye Baba-nami-san!" Willis said.
Jon just waved at the two on Cocoyashi village land. Suddenly everyone hear heavy breathing. They turned around and Seen Astusmi breathing heavy. "Turn this ship around!" Astusmi yelled. She then walked up to the end of the ship edge and started to yell, "YOU FREAKING WITCH YOU STOLE OUR GOLD!!!!!!"
"She what!!!!!" Mikashi and Willis said with stunned faces.
Back on the island, Nami pulled a cloth that was covering some gold. "Told you I didn't ask Nojiko!" Nami said while doing a peace sign. Nojiko just sweat drop in the back of her head.
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On an unknown island.
A woman with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a black mini skirt and a red turtleneck sweater appeared in a cell. "The boss would like to have a word with you." The woman spoke.
"Oi woman!" the man spoke, "why is your wearing your skirt so high infamous woman, but I must say you do look beautiful."
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End of chapter
They you go, we got our new crewmates, now I guys left you a little teaser on what to expect. Can't wait to write the next island. Now translations!
Shinkan no mi- Shinkan means "fuse" in Japanese. It gives the user the ability to fuse with matter. For example you can fuse with a cat and become a cat person, or if you doing stealth, you can fuse with a wall and stay hidden. The only flaw is that it last for a limited amount of time.
Next time on one piece new generations!
(Chapter 19: an old enemy? the crew of the soaring fox meets two kind of people. One who seems to be an old friend of someone, and the other an old foe…or is he?")
Bu bye!
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Meanwhile
"Haven't I been here before?" Zoro said as he stared at Cocoyashi village.
