Hello again! It's great to be back! It took some time, but here's chapter three! Enjoy!

"Yep. That's Sully's ship, alright." Carne said, frowning. Sanji gripped the railing tight, hoping he was up for a fight, in case one came up. Patty came up to him. "You know about him, brat?" He asked, oh, so sweetly. Sanji blew out a puff of smoke. "Yeah, heard that guy could tear down an entire village with his fist. It's pretty bad."

sure hope Keneda's okay. That ditz better be in the kitchen like I said.

"Let. Me. Go!" I grunted as the big man shuffled me through the back Of the ship. "Quiet, girl! Or you'll get us both killed!"

"Both?! Why Bo-" The man smacked his fist across my face, making my head whip the other direction, and I fell to the ground. I tasted blood as I licked my lips. Angry, scared tears stung the back of my eyes. Why was he doing this? Who was he?! The man knelt down to me, grinning his ugly grin. "Now you listen here, child," he said, foul steam escaping his mouth as he spoke. "I ask the questions around here, not you. Now,,if you want to come out of this alive, you'd best do what I say, and exactly as I say it. Got that?"

I nodded helplessly. Where was Onii-Chan? I needed him so bad right now. Why wasn't he here to rescue me from this scary guy? The creep lead me to the back door and pushed me through it. He gestured for me to be quiet as he ushered me around to the front. I rubbed my bleeding cheek as the man paused in his tracks.

"HEY!"

I looked up. The cooks! And Sanji-Kun! They were here! Thank goodness! I ran past the man to Onii-Chan, wrapping my arms around his waist, holding on tight. "I'm sorry, Sanji-Kun! I was in the kitchen, I promise! He came and got me and hit me!" Sanji-Kun placed a hand on the back of my head. "It's okay, Ken, I'll handle it." He looked up at the man, glaring at him harshly. "What gives you the right to hurt my little sister?!" He demanded. The man just kept up his evil smile. He looked out to the boat, that was now about a mile away.

Sanji-Kun looked to, and had an alarmed look in his eyes. "Wait...how are you here...but the ship..." The man let out a wheezy, booming laugh. I burrowed my face in Sanji-kun's shirt, as if to drown the sound out. Suddenly, the man had snatched me away from Sanji-kun, and threw me to the ground, kicking my stomach,making me roll in pain. Sanji-Kun came to help me, but the man punched him hard in the head, kicking his heels under Onii-Chan's feet. "Ow..." He muttered. The other cooks lunged at the bully, roaring as they brandished their weapons. The man simply chuckled, and dodged the attacks, and finally pulled out a pistol and shot at them.

"NO!" I cried as I watched my friends fall, bullets penetrating them. "Patty! Carne! Sanji-Kuuun!"

"Hey, what's with all this screaming?" A boy's voice called out. I looked up, seeing a young boy, a little older than me. He had a straw hat on his head, and a perplexed expression on his face. He was surrounded by a large group of customers, frightened. His eyes landed on me on the ground, bleeding. He came up,to me and held out his hand. "You okay?" He asked. I shook my head. As the boy surveyed the scene, he frowned deeply. He turned to the man. "What's this? Who are you?" The man smirked as I ran to Onii-Chan, who was struggling to get up.

"Surely you've heard of Black Sully, have you?" The man said. I gasped. He was the man Sanji-Kun was talking about earlier! This creep was the evil Pirate Black Sully?! What did he want with me? The boy seemed to know what he was talking about, since his frown grew deeper. "Luffy?" A man said. The boy turned and two more males and a female came through the crowd. I recognized one of the men, the green haired one, as Roronoa Zoro, the famous three-swordsman. The other boy, a tan skinned,,lanky fellow with curly black hair, and the red haired girl didn't look so familiar. "Hey guys!" Luffy said brightly, smiling despite the obvious dangerous situation we were in.

"you okay, Ken?" Sanji-Kun asked me, rubbing his hurt arm. I looked down at him, his bloody nose and split lip made me want to cry. I hated seeing him hurt, be it physically or emotionally, it nearly killed me to see him that way. I nodded, choking back my tears. "He gave me a slight grin. "Atta girl. A real fighter." I blushed at this and couldn't help but smile myself.

"Okay!" Luffy said, cracking his knuckles. "I'm ready to kick some serious butt!"

"WHAT?!" I screamed out. "Are you not seeing this?" I waved my arm around the carnage to show him what I meant, bloody cooks everywhere. The black ship hit the Baratie slightly, making it shake and tremble. A bunch of pirates jumped out of it, yelling and whooping. I held on tight to Sanji-Kun, and watched in horror as the pirates ran into the restaurant, customers crying and screaming as the pirates robbed them of their belongings. Gunshots rang out through the chaos. "They're destroy the Baratie!" I stood up to stop it, but Onii-Chan grabbed my ankle. "No." He said firmly.

Luffy turned to Black Sully. "You're not that scary. Just some big dude with bad attitude.." Black Sully found this funny and guffawed. "Bad attitude?! Maybe, but at least I'm not you right now!"

"What?!" Luffy asked. Witch a sudden flick of his wrist, Luffy was sent tumbling into the sea. "LUFFY!" The red headed girl cried out. I reached out into the water to help him, but Sanji-Kun had already removed his jacket and shoes, leaping into the water. "Onii-Chan!" I screamed. Black Sully ordered his men back to the ship. They laughed drunkenly and ran back to the evil looking ship. Black Sully came up to me and took my face in his hands, looking at me lovingly.

"Ill be seeing you soon, I hope." He said. I bit at him and he pulled back, smiling lewdly. "A feisty one too!" he climbed back to his ship, blowing me a kiss. I dodged it, and stuck my tongue out at him. "This was just round one! I'll be back, trust me!"

When they were gone, Sanji-Kun and Luffy resurfaced. Sanji-Kun breathed out and swam towards us. I watched as the black ship sailed away from us.

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