Good day and how do you do? ^-^ Welcome, to the next chapter in this lovely fanfiction of mine! You know what I just noticed? I make awesome OC's for other people XD Like I made this OC today where her weapon is a metal umbrella with spikes on the edges and a pointed tip… And it's got a floral design on it XD so yeah, my OCs for other people are epic. I'm so happy XD Not quite sure why, but oh well!
I was listening to Innocent Bystander by Korn, Hello by Hawk Nelson, High of 75 by Relient K, I'm For You by Toby Mac, Made To Love by Toby Mac, Again by Flyleaf whilst writing this masterpiece.
So, this chapter's gonna have someone from the Capricorn Pirates, take a wild guess! And before you ask, yes I did get permission from Oxenstierna D. Yuki-Rin. If you haven't read Oxenstierna's story about the Capricorns, you should! (:
So here's the chapter, Hope ya like, review, tell me what you think!
Laila sighed as she watched the green feline run away. Why did he have to run off?! This was just going to cause more problems, she was sure.
"We have to get that idiot, don't we?" Laila muttered, huffing in annoyance.
"Yeah… You should get used to that." Yukio advised, smiling in an apologetic way.
When they turned from their little conversation, Artemis was already gone, and she had left her bag. They exchanged glances, before Yukio grabbed Akira's abandoned bag, both running off to catch up with their oh-so-lovely crew members.
Akira was so excited; he could hardly keep himself from breaking everything in his path. His form running blindly through the shipyard got curious stares from the men and women working there, but he didn't care, not really. He knew it was ridiculous, but he just could not wait to get their ship. He also knew that this wouldn't help them fulfill their objective, but he really needed to burn some energy. He was so hyped up on happy-energy that he didn't notice when he turned into his human form, still weaving between the large ships that dotted the shipyard. He was grinning from ear to ear; images of his own little dream ship flashing in his mind. That stopped very suddenly when he saw Artemis ahead of him, looking absolutely furious.
Oh sh—
"AKIRAA!" Artemis yelled, looking ready to, quite frankly, beat him senseless. The workers looked startled, some even dropping their tools. Akira paled, picking up his pace.
He was relieved when he bumped into Laila and Yukio, or to be literal, just Laila. They ended up on the ground, but Akira immediately hopped off of the slightly blushing female and helped her up, glancing at a still angry Artemis, before reclaiming his bag from Yukio.
"Sorry about that, Laila. You alright?" Akira chirped, internally thanking the lord for this distraction. It seemed like he would keep all his limbs intact today.
Apart from looking slightly flustered, Laila seemed to be alright. "Yeah, I'm fine; just watch where you're running, alright?" She muttered, frowning.
Akira smiled at her, mouthing a silent 'thank you' as he glanced back at a still partly-fuming Artemis.
"So, the ship?" Yukio interrupted, clapping his hands together. "Let's go, yeah?"
They all agreed, and Artemis lead the way to get their ship designed, still pouting a bit at having her little massacre interrupted. When they got there, Akira was just as excited as before, she could tell, but he was wisely keeping it concealed better than before.
Artemis suddenly stopped them before they walked in, earning confused looks from her nakama. She turned, frowning slightly, before dropping her bag.
"What's wrong?" Akira asked, looking slightly impatient, though mostly worried.
"It's just… we can't just barge in there with three bags full of tons of money; we'll look like thugs or something!" Artemis explained, her brow furrowing in thought.
"Well, I can stay out here with most of the money while you three go inside to negotiate, or whatever you want to call it." Yukio suggested, shrugging slightly.
"Sounds good; LET'S GO PEOPLE!" Akira said, nearly yelling, as he took all three bags and dumped them at Yukio's feet before dragging the two girls inside.
"Alright, calm yourself!" Laila snapped, not appreciating Akira's grip on her's and Artemis's wrists.
After about an hour or so of Akira running outside to notify Yukio of what was going on, talking to people about appointments that should've been made, the girls chatting, Artemis berating Akira for running around so much, and lots of signing papers, they ended up in a spacious office. They were seated on one side of a rather large desk. On the other side was a man wearing rectangular glasses, a white, long-sleeved collared shirt, a black tie, a green suit vest, and black dress pants. Akira had no idea what shoes he was wearing, and quite frankly, he didn't care at the moment. He just wanted his boat.
"That secretary lady said your name was Kartik Abingdon, right?" Akira chirped as soon as they were all seated. This earned blank stares from both Laila and Artemis.
"Yes, that is my name. What is it I can help you all with?" Kartik asked them.
"I, want a new ship. Well, we want a new ship… A caravel, to be precise." Akira said, his words half-way slurring together as they spilled from his mouth without much thought.
Kartik chuckled. "Eager, are you? I can hear it in your voice."
"He's been like that a lot lately, actually." Artemis muttered, frowning deeply at Akira, who just grinned back.
"Hey wait, aren't you a famous shipwright from the East Blue?" Laila asked curiously.
"Well yes. I've just been called here to… "Help out" around here while they find a new manager for this branch of the Galley-La company." [1] Kartik explained.
"That's cool, so a famous guy is going to build my ship? That rocks!" Akira said, grinning from ear to ear.
"Now, can you tell me if there's anything specific you would like for the design of the ship?" Kartik asked with a small smile.
"Well, I want the figurehead to be a saber tooth tiger, and about fourteen rooms so that I can have plenty of space for any new members that come with us, a sick bay, a large deck and room for cannons, storage space, a nice crows next, a library, a nice big kitchen and a bigger dining room…" Akira listed, trailing off as he thought of anything he might've forgotten. "Oh, and it has to have durable wood, so that we can sail wherever we damn well please!" He chirped, earning an amused chuckled from Kartik.
"Sounds like you have a long trip ahead of you." Kartik said as he wrote down notes about the ship.
"Yeah, well this idiot here plans on going just about everywhere." Laila chirped, smiling happily. She was glad that they would get their ship, mostly since Akira would calm down. Though now that she thought about it, he might just be even more excited until it's done, and when he gets to see it for the first time. Lovely.
"So, when will our ship be finished?" Akira asked, beaming at the purple-haired man.
"It should be ready in a few days; I'll contact you when it's finished." Kartik told them.
When they finished and said their goodbyes, they walked back outside to retrieve
Yukio, who had been using the bags as a makeshift chair and amusing himself by speeding up the minds of the surrounding workers, effectively freaking them out. Akira was laughing when he found out, while Artemis and Laila tried to suppress their giggles.
Yukio just smiled. He was glad he had found Akira again. [2]
[1] Don't know why he would be there, so I just made up some bull crap reason. Hope ya don't mind!
[2] D'aww XD FRIENDSHIP LASTS FOREVER~!
Hope ya likey, and I hope I got Kartik at least partially right; I hate when I get the character's personality wrong. ;_; So yeah, that was the chapter where they get their ship. It sounds lovely, don't it?!
:D I'M JUST AS EXCITED AS AKIRA
Heh… So review, and to the guest who sent me that OC ( a Miss Feluca Amber), I'm sorry but I can't use her since I wouldn't be able to contact you if I had a question about her But, you can still have her join (maybe) If I get a way to contact you ?
All the crew positions are filled, but I need marine OCs and others that you know but I don't feel like listing, so guess minions, GUESS~
So yeah, I'm just rambling now, so I'll shut my mouth. ^-^
