Hello hello! I'm back with a new chapter, and I would just like to thank one piece girl 99999 for her large contributions to the story… Her OC's are awesome :3 She helped me plan some stuff and get more crewmembers.. (: It helped a lot! I'm trying to make some longer chapters, but nothing promised. So here's the new chapter.
"Akira talking to Laila in his cat form"
As soon as Laila had gathered her things, she set off towards the docks. Although, not before setting out some milk for her adorable little kitty friends... She would miss them, but they could live without her. I mean, who could resist such an adorable face? They would do fine in getting food on their own. She smiled as the cats lapped up the milk, before saying a short goodbye, explaining to them where she was going.
Yes, she could communicate with cats.
It wasn't that weird, in fact she thought it was freaking AWESOME. . . . Yeah, so maybe it was a little weird, but she liked being at least a little weird.
She smiled to herself as she walked towards the docks. She realized that Akira might not have asked about the direction they should head for the next island, and stopped a random guy in the street to ask. She was told west, so west it was.
She wasn't sure why, but she was actually excited about being a pirate. She had never really thought about it a lot, but it could be fun. It could definitely be fun.
Akira sat on the edge of the smallish boat in his cat form, waiting patiently for Laila to return. He was stumped on how they would get a new boat, but hey, if Lady Luck smiled upon them they might just get a new friend with money on one of the nearing islands. He just hoped it wouldn't take too long. But then they would need a navigator…
Akira was so absorbed in his thoughts that he jumped and hissed when Laila plopped her bags into the boat. He blinked once, twice before jumping onto the bags and looking at her expectantly. Laila returned the look for a moment before frowning.
"You want me to sail this boat to the next island? By myself? When you're the one who asked me to accompany you?" Laila asked, frowning at the feline who sat all curled up on one of her bags.
He just smiled coyly; kneading his paws on the bags as Laila huffed, climbing into the boat before pulling out her compass. She was now glad she had brought it with her. It didn't take long before they were sailing west, headed towards the next island. She had been told that it would take about a day to get there on boat, maybe less.
Akira awoke from his peaceful slumber atop Laila's bag when he felt a small jolt. Must be the next island. Akira thought as he stretched himself out. He wished they could be awake and end up at the docks like normal people… He pawed at Laila's face until she woke up, frowning at the cat.
It looks like its dawn… Must've gotten to the next island. Laila observed, glancing around. She noticed Akira was still a cat, feeling a bit slow. She was still upset that the little jerk had just pawed her in the face to wake her. She stretched as she stood, noticing that Akira was still a cat.
"Hey, why are you still a cat?" Laila asked curiously. Shouldn't he turn into a human again?
"Well, I decided I wanted to go check out the town, and if I get into any trouble, being a cat would definitely decrease any chances of people getting mad at me..." Akira pondered, although to an average passerby, it would sound like a series of oddly pitched "mew"s.
Laila sighed; she should've expected that. She just nodded before they both walked towards where they assumed the town would be. At some point, she realized Akira had wondered off. I hope he doesn't do something stupid.
(A.N-But of course, not doing something stupid would be boring, right?)
Akira had wandered off a few minutes ago, already bored by the town. He figured he could find something entertaining in the woods. That was usually how he got rid of boredom. I worked over half the time, so he figured it would work then.
As he walked, he heard light snoring. Being the curious creature he is, he decided to check it out. To his surprise, he found a girl with long curly, light brown hair sleeping in a tree. He smirked mentally; he was feeling a bit mischievous lately.
He climbed the tree easily, jumping onto the branch next to the brunette. He paused for a moment before pouncing, landing on her stomach. He was cracking up inside as he watched the girl shriek in surprise, before falling to the ground. It wasn't a far drop, he wouldn't have done it if it was.
She seemed to be fine, because a moment later she was sitting up and glaring into the tree. Her expression changed to that of confusion, before she picked herself up and plucked the green cat from the tree.
She frowned. "You stupid feline, jumping on people while they're sleeping; in trees no less!" She exclaimed. She frowned when Akira gave a small "mew" of what seemed to be an apology.
"Oh… Alright. I can't stay mad; you're too cute to stay mad at you." She gushed, hugging the cat in a suffocating grip to her chest.
Akira squirmed, feeling lightheaded. He took a deep breath when she loosened her grip and walked off with him still in her arms. He glanced over the girl's shoulders and saw a quiver across her back, with many arrows inside and a bow resting between the quiver and her back. An archer, huh? He thought as he drifted to sleep.
The next thing he knew, he was waking up on a soft white bundle of… something. He glanced around, bleary eyed to inspect his surroundings. A bedroom. And he was laying on a stack of soft white blankets. How nice. Except, he wasn't sure where he was.
He grew back into his human form, still sitting on the sheets. He watched as the door swung open, and the brunette from earlier walked in with a bowl of water. She looked kind of funny with that confused expression.
Artemis had been having a fairly normal day, except for the fact that a neon green cat had nearly given her a concussion. But that was a story for another day. Right then, she was searching for a bowl to put water in for the creature. When she turned around, she was greeted by the sight of her father, dressed up as he usually was. As oppose to her, in a faded brown leather jacket with an orange bikini top as her only "shirt", with black leather pants tucked into knee high boots.
She smiled a bit, feeling a bit dumb that she had forgotten to change into what her father would call "normal" clothing.
"Artemis, why are you wearing such an outfit?" Her father asked, frowning sadly at his daughter's appearance.
"Well… I guess it's because I kind of, sort of like these clothes." Artemis said with an upward inflection at the end, like she was asking a question.
Her father sighed. "Honey, you should really be a lady; dress appropriately, please?" He asked, sighing softly.
Artemis frowned, but nodded. She loved her father, but she wished he could understand her better. She smiled after a moment before filling the bowl with water and leaving with a small "goodbye", heading towards her room.
She smiled as she opened the door. What she had expected was a green cat, either still asleep or walking around curiously. What she hadn't expected was a boy who looked to be about her age, with neon green wavy hair sitting where her cat was supposed to be.
"Umm… If you don't mind my asking, who are you?"
So, I've found a doctor and a shipwright, and I don't feel like looking up whatever else I posted that I needed, so if I need any other people, I'll tell ya. Until then, I need warlords, Yonkos, and Marines of all levels. Thanks for reading, read and review!
