Okay, chapter two is here! Pls tell me if the chapters are too short...
"Mika, are you listening to me?" Alice asked, making me turn around.
"Sure! A treasure called Big piece, right?" I said completely uninterested. She shook he head.
"One piece! Like the name of the anime! You gotta listen to this!" She said now a bit angry.
"Why?" I asked. Alice just sighed.
"You always make me listen to your martial art stories! Now…" she said and ignored my heavy sigh.
"It's about this pirate crew looking for a treasure the great pirate king, Gol D. Roger, left behind called One Piece. The crew is Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Robin, Chopper, Usopp and Franky and Brook! They are so funny!" she said and smiled.
"Weird names!" I said but smiled at my anime-loving friend. She handed me a drawn picture of a group people. Now I laughed.
"No wonder their names are so weird. They look funny too!" I said and gave her the picture.
"You are no fun! Now..."
I opened my eyes and wiped a tear from my chin. I missed Alice and now I wished I had listened to her when she talked about One Piece. Of course I didn't know at that time that I would end up IN the anime. A knock on the door made me jump but I told myself not to freak. In came a small brown animal carrying a tray. He looked up and smiled.
"I see you're awake! Good!" he said and walked across the room. A funny sound came from his feet when he walked and I recalled Alice talking about a cute reindeer in the anime or something.
"Hey, are you a reindeer?" I asked and he nodded. God, I' m going crazy. I'm talking to a reindeer…
"Girl, are ya okay?" Cherry asked from the door frame. I hadn't heard her coming.
"Yeah, thanks to Chopper" I said and received a surprised look from Chopper.
"How did you know my name?" he asked and I realized I had let my tongue slip.
"Eh… I heard you talking… at the table!" I said and smiled. There was no way I could tell them that I was from another world where their world was an anime!
"Oh!" Chopper said and smiled. "Right, Luffy wants to meet you!" He said and ran out of the room. Left behind was Cherry and I. She came over to sit at the bed and I moved over to let her. She gave me a tricky smile before she started to talk.
"I didn't know that ya could fight! Too bad I can't hire ya as a Bouncer…" she said and sighed.
"Why can't you? Is it because you're worried `bout me, cuz I…"I started to say but she interrupted me.
"Girl, I'm firing ya!" she said out of no where. I was so surprised that I dropped my cheek. Then she smiled and hugged me. "Go see the world, Girl. Find ya way back home!" she said and let me go. I had no idea what she was talking about. In the same moment Luffy came running in.
"Mika! Join my crew!" He screamed and grinned. Now I understood! I looked at Cherry. She smiled and then left the room. Luffy was still smiling, probably waiting for an answer.
"What if I say no?" I asked and got out of bed.
"I don't take no for an answer!" he said and pounded his lower lip like a child.
"Look, Luffy. I don't know you and you don't know me. How can I trust you vice versa?" I said and looked at him.
"It's fine! Be ready tomorrow morning, we'll pick you up!" he said and left the room. I was left speechless until I remembered. I hurried downstairs just to se the green haired guy give me a look. I glared back until he left before I turned to Cherry.
"What can I give ya?" she asked and smiled the same friendly smile I had gotten the first time we met.
"An explanation, please!" I said and stared at her. She smiled and turned around.
"Did I ever tell you that I was once a pirate?" she asked and I shook my head, which she couldn't see.
"I was the only survivor in a ship wreck. I don't know if anyone else survived." She continued.
"I opened this in and started a peaceful retirement." She said and turned around to face me.
"The sea is an adventure! Go! Make nakamas, see the world!" She said and smiled at a memory. I didn't know what to say, she didn't leave me a choice since she had just fired me. I sighed, not knowing what to do. Cherry probably understood how I felt.
"Sleep on it. We can have breakfast tomorrow morning, just the two of us!" she said and turned around to clean the bar. I got up from my seat and left the room. When I reached my room I remembered how tired I was. Without taking my cloth of I fell asleep on my bed.
That night I dreamed about Alice, my mom and an execution place.
The sun shone through the window and bugged my eyes. I got up and realized that my cloth were still on.
Whatever! I thought and changed into my school uniform.
White knee stockings and a white shirt with a sea blue skirt that reached the middle of my tights. Under the skirt I wore black hot pants. (Since I often get into fights and don't want to show my panties, I have to wear them)
The matching jacket was blue too with the school emblem on it. I thought for a second before I ripped of the emblem and put it in the pocket. I couldn't walk around with it but I didn't want to lose it either. I took a glimpse in the mirror before I started to fold the working clothing. I put it back where I had found it in the drawer. Some other girl would use it later on.
I locked the door behind me and then went downstairs. A nice smell came from the kitchen and when I went inside I found Cherry making pancakes. She spotted me and smiled.
"Just in time! Sit down." She said and turned of the stove. I took a seat and looked at the breakfast that Cherry had made. It looked tasty!
Cherry took a seat and we started to eat. So good!
"This is so tasty!" I told her and took another bite. She laughed.
"Well, this is probably the only thing I can make in the kitchen, so enjoy!" she said and looked at the time.
"They will be here soon." She said and looked at her plate. Was she sad?
"I won't go if you don't want me to!" I said and finished my pancake. She shook her head and looked at me with a serious face. "I want you to go, I'll miss you but it's your life. You should live it!" she said and smiled even though tears fell from her green eyes. I could fell my own eyes burn but I resisted the temptation of crying. I there is anything I hate in this world it would be crying. But I got up and gave her a hug. She hugged me back and there we stood a few minuets before she let me go. I looked at the woman I had known for about a week and thought of my mom back home. Did she miss me?
"Let's finish eating before they come, kay?" Cherry said and wiped her tears. I nodded and sat down. When we were done she started on the dishes and told me to put some chairs down from the tables. I nodded and before I left the kitchen I put the key on the table.
I got a couple of chairs down before Luffy stormed trough the door. He spotted me and came running over.
"Mika! Are you ready?" he asked and I just nodded for an answer. The rest of the crew came through the door and Luffy was jumping up and down, overjoyed.
"I see you said yes. Good!" Nami said. I could remember all of their names now.
"Yeah, I'm sorry." I said and bowed down 90 degree. "Please let me join your crew!" I said to the whole crew.
"Baka, of course!" Nami said and hit my head." Right, guys?" More voices agreed. Even Zoro who had given me such a glare the other night. I smiled now, happy for a reason I didn't understand. I was now a part of this weird crew and I was overjoyed.
"Welcome to the Straw hat crew, Mika!" Luffy said and grinned. I took his hand and shook it.
"Happy to be onboard, Captain!" I said.
"Take care of yourself now. The Grand Line is a dangerous place!" Cherry said and gave me a hug. I smiled and promised. She then handed me a plastic bag.
"You forgot your dress!" she said and gave the bag to me.
"Thank you! For everything…" I said and stopped myself from crying.
"I'll miss your voice!" Cherry said and smiled. Then she turned me around and pushed me trough the door before she slammed it closed behind me. Surprised I looked at the door but then smiled. This was the best way.
"Let's go!" I said and hocked arms with Nami and Robin. They both looked surprised but then smiled.
"You sure it's fine this way?" asked Nami and looked at the closed door. I smiled and looked at the white clouds above.
"It's fine. It's our way of saying goodbye!" I said and smiled even wider.
The ship was small, kind of cute but weird. In the front there was something looking like a goat and on the sail there was a big skull with a straw hat on. Figures…
The ship was in bad condition, it looked like it had gone through several fights and storms without anyone taking care of it. The only thing keeping the mast together was a couple of steel plates. Not good.
"What happened to your ship?" I asked, not sure if I wanted an answer.
"Ah, we kinda fell from Sky Island! It was real fun!" Luffy said and grinned. Nami came up from behind and smacked him in the head.
"It. Was. Not!" she said to him before turning to me.
"But Luffy is right and after that we escaped a marine base too" she said and scratched her head. I sweatdropped and didn't know what to believe.
"Well, who's the guy that fixed it up?" I asked. Nami pointed at Usopp that for the moment told some silly story to Luffy and Chopper. I nodded but didn't say anything.
Suddenly Luffy came up.
"Ne, Mika. Sing something!" He said and grinned. I just sighed but smiled at him. I inhaled and sang.
What you got if you ain't got love
The kind that you just want to give away
It's ok to open up
Go ahead and let the light shine through
I know it's hard on a rainy day
You wanna shut the world out and just be left alone
But don't run out on your faith
Cause sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
And what you've been out there searching for forever
Is in your hands
And when you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else seem
So small
When I finished everyone applauded. Well not everyone…
"Where is Zoro?" I asked. Sanji made an annoyed sound.
"That shit-head didn't listen to Mika-swans song?" He said and turned over to me." But you where wonderful, Mika-swan~!" he said and danced around me. I smiled but then left to look for Zoro. I didn't know why, I just wanted to see him…
Mika left to look for Zoro. Why she would do that, Nami didn't understand. That rude marimo-head could just disappear from the face of the earth!
"Ne, Nami?" Robin said." Don't you find it strange that Singer-san know our names?" She added and looked at Nami. Nami nodded.
"She might be a bounty hunter." She said. But Robin didn't look pleased.
"But why did she refuse Luffy in the first place then? If she wanted to take our heads she could just had attacked us or say yes when Luffy offered her a place in the crew" she said and she had a point.
"Let's be careful!" Nami said and headed towards the women-quarters.
"There you are!" I said and looked at the snoring Zoro. Did he sleep?
"Go away!" he said and waved his hand at her. This pissed her off.
"What do you think I am? A dog?" I said and smacked him on one of his knees. He then opened his eyes to look at her. His eyes were dark, kind of brownish. For some reason he kept looking at her.
"What?" I asked feeling bugged. He just shook his head and sighed.
"This is the Grand Line, ya know? It's dangerous for a little girl." He said and yawned. This pissed me of.
"Little? You don't think I can take care of myself?" I asked but he didn't answer.
"You may be a bit older than me but that doesn't make you better than me!" I said and glared at him. He chuckled and looked at me.
"You think you are stronger than me?" he asked and grinned.
"…maybe. But not at swords." I admitted.
"You don't do any weapon?" he asked. I nodded.
"Yeah. I practise Bo*" I said. He went quiet for a while and the closed his eyes to sleep.
"Hey, don't ignore me!" I said and smacked his head hard. This got him angry and without warning he got up and glared at me.
"What ya think ya doin'brat?" He yelled in my face. Now I got angry.
"I'm not a brat! You're not that much older than me, jerk!" I yelled at him. We both looked at each other, boiling. With the last word I turned around and walked back to the others.
(*Bo: A long stick used as a weapon in Jujitsu and other martial arts)
What's her problem? Coming and disturbing him, damn brat! Zoro thought and returned to his spot. It wasn't his fault that every time she turned up he felt uncomfortable. Ever since he'd seen her sing and fight he just couldn't stay close without getting restless.
What was he doing, yelling at her like that? She was strong, why had he called her little?
Stupid! He thought and smacked his head with Wado.