Me- And we have made it to chapter 10, and everyone reading should know what that means. Contest time. Details will be below:
Contest details
Every participant must pm me if they are participating, then they will have until September 20th to write a one-shot story. The one-shot must be a friendship type fic between characters in the story thus far.
You may use these friendship pairs
Luffy/Leif
Luffy/Zoro
Luffy/Nami
Luffy/Usopp
Leif/Zoro
Leif/Nami
Leif/Usopp
Zoro/Nami
Zoro/Usopp
Nami/Usopp
In the story you have lots of freedom to do with as you please as long as you write about one of the pairs I listed. You may write a story that includes the pair in an argument about something and at the end of the fic, they make up.
Example: Leif accidently ruins Luffy's hat, and she gets upset that she can't fix it, but then Nami offers her help, and the situation is resolved, and Leif thanks Nami in a tearful hug or something like that.
It doesn't matter what kind of story line you want to do, you can even use the story line I gave you, all you need to know is that it has to be a friendship fic(it can include romance if you want) and it has to include the pairs I mentioned. You can even use three pairs in the story, and there is also no limit to how much you write. I will be judging the stories, and the one that is the winner will receive as follows:
1st place winner will receive: They will receive an opportunity to create an oc character that will star in a story arch within this story, the story arch will most likely happen after the second Leif Arch or Alabasta arch depending. The storyline for that arch will be decided by the winner and the character will be the main protagonist in the arch. The character may have a crush but the crush however won't become a relationship since after the arch the character won't be a part of the story anymore. However in the story arch the character may kiss one of the characters. Basically, everything in the arch is for the winner to control while discussing it with me through pm. For more information about the first place winner prize and the contest, you may pm me about the information.
2nd place winner will receive: the 2nd place winner will get a choice pairing of any anime show they like including the one piece universe, and I will write a one-shot dedicated to that pairing, it may even be a crack pairing, I don't mind. And if I've never heard of the fandom I will look into it before I start writing. It may even be a story about friendship anything the second place winner wants.
Now that you know the rules, the winners will be announced in one of the chapters that are published September 20, but if no one signs up for the contest then the contest is off, until another one which won't appear till chapter 30. I will also accept contest entries via review as well. Of course if only one person signs up then that person will get both prizes. I hope a lot of you are up to the challenge for a chance at a character arch for your oc. Will you be the one to say "Challenge accepted?" Let me know.
Me- now that that is out of the way, Chapter 10 will be under way, will they find out that Leif is a princess this chapter or will it be later on. Remember to review your thoughts on the story and oc character. It lets me know how I'm doing as a writer. Also on another note, we are getting closer to the Sanji arch which a new character will appear. Her name will be Chou and she's quite the fighter, and also a rival to Leif. She will every time she sees the brunette, to try and destroy her, but you will find out more about this bombshell when she hits the stage. I hope this story is to your liking and enjoy chapter 10! Also this chapter will be much longer than the other ones because of the contest, I plan to follow oda's work as if Leif was a part of the series, but of course there will be some archs added and new characters and such. Plus a sequel once I finally finish this story which may take a long time, but it will be well worth it once it's done, enjoy!
Hime-sama no Kaizoku
Chapter 10: Battle in Syrup village!
(Opening: We are! By the straw hats)
The Black cat pirates would be arriving at sunrise and the group was on the slope making a plan for what to do.
"So what's the plan?" Leif questioned her crewmates.
"Obviously they will be arriving soon, but first we must go over our strongest points." Nami pointed out. By knowing everyone's strongest point, they can figure out a plan using each ability.
"Well, mine is close combat." Leif answered with a grin while pointing at herself with her thumb.
"I can cut things with my swords." Zoro smoke smugly.
"I can stretch." Luffy said as he demonstrated his ability by stretching his arm out before bringing it back to his side.
"I can steal thing, what about you Usopp?" Nami questioned the long nose whom looked at them with determination.
"I'll be hiding." He let out as the four grabbed hold of him.
"You'll be fighting!" They yelled in unison.
"Ok, got it." Usopp said as they went over a plan to stop the pirates from arriving. The sun was already rising and the plan that they had decided on involved a lot of oil which was poured on the slope to prevent any pirates from getting to the village.
"That should do it." Usopp said with a smile.
"You sure this will work?" Leif questioned as Usopp looked up at the brunette whom seemed a bit skeptical of the plan.
"Its full proof, this oil will have them slipping all over the place, and they won't be able to climb up." Usopp spoke with a wide grin.
"This oil, we better be careful, we can easily fall down too." Nami noticed as Luffy put his foot on the oil.
"Understood, navigator." Leif replied as Nami smiled at the brunette. The pirates weren't too bad after being with them for a while, but she still hated them.
"Do you guys hear something?" Nami questioned.
"What do you mean?" Leif questioned as Usopp stood up to listen closely.
"It sounds like screaming," Usopp said as realization hit him. "We're on the wrong slope; I just assumed they'd be here since they had met up here."
"It did seem a bit odd that nobody was here yet." Zoro said as Luffy stood up.
"Where's the other slope, usopp?" He questioned as Usopp looked at him for a moment.
"If you just head north then…" Usopp began but Luffy had already run off leaving Usopp behind.
"Luffy!" Leif called after him as she began to run after him along with Usopp.
"Wait up, my treasure is over there."Nami called after them, while slipping a bit on the oil, she only managed to grab Zoro's ankle to stop him so he could help her up.
"You idiot, what are you doing?" Zoro questioned as he fell down into the oil, leaving Nami to climb up to get to land.
"I'm sorry Zoro, but my treasure is involved." Nami spoke while running away from the slope, leaving Zoro to try and get up the oil, which was the hardest task at hand.
Meanwhile Usopp had arrived at the slope with Leif, not hesitating to shoot a pachinko ball at the enemy.
"Stop right there, I have 10, 000 men ready to attack if you go past this slope." Usopp said while shaking slightly.
'Usopp, you really are a scaredy cat.' Leif thought to herself while looking at the men, ready to fight if necessary.
"Where's Luffy, he left way before us." Usopp whispered to the brunette.
"Knowing him, he's probably lost somewhere, and even when we teased Zoro about that." Leif spoke softly as the pirates caught on to Usopp's lie.
"Look at all this treasure on this ship boss." One of the men called out as Usopp thought of something.
"That's my treasure, but I will give it to you if you leave this village." Usopp shouted.
'Is he searching for a death warrant, Nami is going to kill him.' Leif thought as she thought of the girl that valued her treasure over anything else. She really loved money.
"Is he trying to bribe us?"
"That's cute, you think we will leave by you giving us treasure" The crew mates began to talk amongst themselves. Jango then proceeded to swing a pendulum back and forth.
"Don't do that." Nami yelled out as she hit Leif and Usopp on the heads.
"I didn't even want to give your treasure away so why are you hitting me?" Leif snapped.
"Because you didn't stop him, and also don't stare at that pendulum, he's a hypnotist." Nami spoke as Leif and Usopp looked at the man who had moved out of the way.
"Don't' move out of your own way." One of the crew mates yelled.
"We don't have time for this." One of the crew spoke as he proceeded to make his way up the slope with the rest of them.
"Ah, I'll use my caltrops." Usopp spoke.
"You have some interesting things in there, can I have some?" Nami questioned while holding out her hand as Usopp obliged and the tossed the caltrops at the crew that was making their way up the slope.
"Idiots." The man muttered as he continued his way up.
"Now what?" Nami questioned.
"Run." Usopp spoke as Nami realized something.
"There's Caltrops back here too." Nami pointed out.
"Idiot, how'd they get there?" Usopp called out as the man used a hammer, knocking usopp down in the process. Leif however wasn't going to let him do anything else as She ran up to him and swung her leg at him, but his hand grabbed hold of her ankle as she began to push her leg so that she could at least get a hit in, or get out of the grip at least, but the pirate was too strong, and threw her leg away from his face, causing her to face the ground, and allowing him to hit her with the hammer too.
The man then proceeds to move but usopp stopped him by grabbing his ankle while Leif and Nami look on in admiration. Usopp was quite a scaredy cat, but he wanted to protect the village, Leif then proceeded to struggle to get up on her feet again. She wanted to be strong enough to help her comrades, and she would do her best at protecting them which led to Nami and Leif fighting side by side to stop the pirates from leaving the slope, but even they couldn't hold back all of them.
All of the black cat pirates proceed to move onward toward the town, but as Usopp calls out to them, they are pushed back by somebody.
"Nami, you idiot, leaving me on that slope." Zoro yelled as Luffy looked up to yell at Usopp.
"Usopp, you bastard, you never told me which way was north!" Luffy yelled as Leif looked back with a smile on her face.
"Luffy, I'm making a vow now." Leif spoke as she hit another pirate that flew back down the slope. Luffy just looked at her in curiosity.
"I want to be able to protect my nakama, I don't want them to suffer because of me, from this moment on, and I'm going to train to become stronger, so that I don't let my captain down." Leif spoke with determination as Luffy smiled before running to her, placing his hat on her head.
"Watch this for me." Luffy spoke as Leif let her emotions run wild in that moment. She let her tears fall as she nodded with a tearful smile before hiding her tears with the hat that had been put on her head.
"Wait one second, why the hell were you guys so late, you bastards." Usopp called after Luffy who looked back at Usopp.
"You didn't tell me what way was north." Luffy argued as Usopp just looked down at his feet, when he sat up despite the pain. The four proceeded to fight as Leif's tears ceased, her anger getting the better of her.
"Idiots, stop fighting and worry about the problem." She yelled as she hit Luffy and Zoro.
"What the hell, princess, why just hit us." Zoro called as he rubbed his head.
"Because I don't want to waste any more time with hitting anyone, just get this over with and fight will ya." Leif spoke as the two looked at each other while murmuring something about 'bipolar girls, and tsundere'. The pirates were taken down pretty easily, but Jango was to have none of it as he hypnotized the pirates into believing they were stronger than the others, and they fought back with more vigor.
"What the hell, there're a lot stronger than they were before." Zoro pointed out while trying to hold them back with his three swords.
"It's that hypnotist guy, he hypnotized them, including Luffy." Leif called with a sigh as someone came up from behind her, which she sensed immediately, dodging the move before it would impact with her body or worse, and Luffy's precious hat. Leif then took the hat off her head and held it close to her chest so that she could protect it better.
Then the guy that had tried to attack took out a sword and proceeded by trying to stab her in the chest but she turned her back to him and held the hat up so that upon impact the hat was unharmed. But the impact didn't come as Zoro stood behind the girl, holding the guy back.
"Idiot, why the hell did you turn your back on him?" The swordsman questioned.
"I couldn't dodge it forever, and it would be a matter of time before her got Luffy's hat, and I'm not letting anyone touch it." Leif explained as she held it close to her chest again.
"You're something else; you should worry about yourself too." Zoro exclaimed as Leif smiled at her friend.
"Zoro, you're a good friend, at least sometimes, most of the times it's better to fight with you, but I wouldn't change that." Leif exclaimed as Zoro glared at the girl.
"Stop talking, and run ya idiot princess." Zoro snapped as Leif glared at the swordsman.
"Stop calling me that you idiot swordsman, I hate being called princess!" Leif yelled as the person Zoro was fighting recognized who she was.
"Princess, I can't believe the rumors were true." The crew member spoke as Leif's eyes widened. Did this pirate crew know who she was? She had to get out of there.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Zoro said as he managed to break the other guy's sword in half as the man seemed to know a lot for someone who was hypnotized.
"She's a princess, the one that ran away from her home." The man proclaimed as Zoro pointed the tip of his sword towards his neck, the hypnotism that he was under seemingly wearing off because of his fear taking over.
"You're a real princess?" Zoro questioned as Nami looked over toward the brunette with wide eyes.
"I am, but I can explain everything if you just give me the chance." Leif admitted as Nami started to boil with rage. A princess becoming a pirate was the most despicable thing she could ever thing about. She couldn't help but feel hatred toward the girl whom lied to all of them.
"I'm willing to listen, but we will deal with this later." Zoro sighed. They really didn't know much about Leif, but they couldn't talk now, he would wait till later.
"Thank you, Zoro, I'm sorry." Leif apologized as she hid her face with her bangs. Meanwhile Luffy had proceeded in his state of hypnotism by fighting Bezen black, and picked up the figure head on the ship before being hypnotized again but to fall asleep as he fell along with the figure head which fell on top of him.
"Luffy!" Leif called as she glared at Jango.
"Nyan brothers!" Jango called upon realizing that they were losing. He wasn't going to let Kuro down.
"Nyan brothers?" Leif questioned as the two brothers came out ready to attack. Zoro at this time had already defeated the guy that had revealed Leif's secret. He knew Leif might have had a good reason for running away or why she had hidden that fact from all of them, so he let it go and got ready to fight the brothers. This was going to be one hell of a fight.
"Oh no, Sham, that's pirate hunter Zoro." The other brother exclaimed.
"I know, Buchi, I'm sorry but I don't think we will be fighting." Sham spoke as Zoro began to let his guard down which Buchi smiled at.
"Just kidding." Sham spoke as he delivered the first strike, and in the process, stealing Zoro's two swords which Leif knew were precious to them. She couldn't just stand here while her team mate was in trouble.
"Nami, watch Luffy's hat for me please." Leif said as Nami took the hat while glaring at her which confused the brunette.
Zoro then goes for the first strike but sadly misses, he then desperately tries to reach his swords but to no avail. Sham then jumps on his back, knocking him to the ground in the process. Buchi then joins his brother as they proceed to use their Cat the Funjyatta technique. Zoro however dodges the attack at the last minute. Leif proceeds by getting Zoro's swords for him but is stopped by another crew member.
"What do you think you're doing little girl." The man speaks as he knees her in the stomach causing her to spit up some blood, but not enough to make her fall to the ground.
"I'm helping my nakama." She snapped as she slid down to the ground avoiding another hit from his fist, and grabbing the gun that was at his side in the process. She then used her footing to stand up, and hold the newly obtained gun to his chin.
"What the hell, where'd you learn to do that?" The man questioned as Leif hesitated to shoot in her mind.
"My master taught me everything I know." Leif spoke with a grin as she pushed the gun into his skin a bit more.
"Hold up, don't kill me please." He begged as Leif looked up at him.
"Why shouldn't I kill you?" Leif questioned keeping her poker face despite not actually ready to kill anyone even a pirate.
"I have kids and a wife, please just don't shoot." The man begged as Leif began to shake slightly, she wasn't going to do anything she knew that much but she couldn't help but feel bad.
"I'm sorry sir, I didn't know." Leif spoke; she was letting herself fall for the trick.
"Ya idiot, you are way too gullible." The man laughed as raised his leg, ready to hit the girl.
"Leif!" Zoro called along with usopp, and even Nami. Nami may of harbored mixed feelings of hatred for the girl, but she still cared despite that factor. The web of lies she had spun didn't even matter anymore in that moment.
"Not so fast." Leif yelled as she dodged the attack and wacked him upside the head with his own gun.
"What a relief." Nami spoke softly.
"For someone that seems to hate her for being a princess, you seem to care." Usopp spoke.
"Shut the hell up, of course I hate her now, she lied and on top of that she left her country to be a part of a pirate crew, who does that." Nami complained as Usopp just shook his head. Nami did care but her anger toward her took over. I guess it only applied when it seemed Lief was in danger. Usopp noticed the change as soon as Nami learned of her secret, but he didn't care much about it, because she sure didn't act like one.
"His swords, thank god!" Leif said as she tried to move toward them but the hit she had taken from before start to affect her as she fell to the floor. The blood had started to pierce her vest. She didn't realize his kick had been that powerful.
"Leif!" Nami called again but Leif was just struggling at the moment to get back up so she could help Zoro, she couldn't help Luffy, but she had to at least help Zoro. She saw them as her two best friends and despite fighting with Zoro the most, she loved him like an older brother, and she wasn't about to let him die.
Usopp at this time had run in order to help Zoro but Zoro ended up taking the hit instead, as he started to get hit to the point of no return. Sham and Buchi then slash him once more, wounding him gravely. Usopp then sends a pachinko ball flying in order to aid Zoro but Zoro takes the hit instead, while Buchi and Sham hit him again.
"Usopp, that's not helping him, try and do something, everything so far has failed." Nami snapped, she had already seen Luffy and Leif, fall she couldn't let the same happen to Zoro.
"He took the attacks on purpose though." Usopp explains as Zoro looks back at them.
"You'll be attacked too if you try and help me." Zoro explained as Leif looked up to see Zoro struggling.
"Zoro, Keep fighting, we need to, we need to protect Usopp's village." Leif cried out as she tried to crawl towards the swords despite the pain. Nami sees this and run towards the swords in order to help the brunette, but unfortunately Jango appears and slashes her side with his ring.
"Nami." Leif spoke softly, she had been bleeding for a bit, but she also didn't want him to hurt Nami. Leif then proceeded by struggling to get up which was a hard task since the kick had also managed to bruise her pretty badly.
"Why, dawn passed and my plan has has yet to continue!" Kuro called from the top of the slope. The captain had arrived, and there was still the matter of three crew members being injured.
"Kuro…" Leif whispered.
"I can't believe my crew was being held back by a couple of rookies, I demand an explanation." Kuro exclaimed as Leif managed to glare up at the man.
"You had said Usopp would not cause problems by letting him go." Jango reminded the captain.
"I knew Usopp would try and stop you from attacking syrup village but I did not count on you guys loosing the fight." Kuro spoke as he adjusted his glasses.
The remark made Sham and Buchi very mad as they charged toward the captain, while Jango tried to stop them.
"You were a strong killer, but while we've been sailing around, vanquishing pirate crews and sinking ships while you were living the good life, you've become weak captain." Sham recalled as Kuro smirked while disappearing before their eyes while appearing right behind them. Zoro looked at the man in surprise along with Leif, Nami and Usopp, but Leif did recall when she had tried to hit the captain he had dodged the attack with great speed. Kuro then proceeded to dance around them with great speeds dodging there attacks with ease, and after had appeared behind them one more to point his cat glove claws at them.
"That's amazing, even when training with master, I've never been able to become that fast." Leif recalled.
"He's really fast." Nami said with wide eyes, surprised by his vast speeds.
Nami manages to stand despite her wound; as Leif looked up at Nami; 'I really am weak aren't I' Leif thought to herself as she struggled to get up off the ground to no avail. Leif needed to train a lot harder in order to take pain, she never had to worry before, but there's pirates out there that are much stronger, and she wasn't about to disappoint her captain and crew.
"If you don't kill the swordsman in five seconds I will kill you all." Kuro spoke as Sham and Buchi proceeded to charge toward the swordsman as Nami kicked the swords toward him as he dealt the final blow, surprising the crew they were up against. Although he was a bit upset that Nami would kick his precious weapons to him.
'Thank you Nami!" Zoro called as the girl smiled back at him.
"Thank god." Leif whispered.
"The former captain will be defeated in less than five minutes." Zoro called out as Kuro smirked.
"Jango hypnotize me so that I can defeat him." Buchi begged Jango as he did just that leading to round two of the fight with Zoro vs. Buchi. Buchi however becomes even more savage then before as he fights Zoro with more strength then before. Zoro initially was surprised by this but stays calm throughout the fight.
Meanwhile Nami rushed over to Luffy and in order to wake him up, steps on his face as he wakes to stop Jango with his teeth from hitting Nami with his pendulum.
"That's an awful way to wake people up, Nami!" Luffy yelled as Nami looked at him before he broke the pendulum with his teeth despite it hurting a bit.
"It seems Jango's pendulum is also used as a weapon." Nami spoke as Luffy looked around his surroundings.
"Why is Leif on the ground, that's a weird way to fight!?" Luffy laughed a bit before standing up ready to join Zoro.
"She got injured but she's alright, just help us win." Nami spoke as she shoved Luffy forward as he ran up the slope to join Zoro.
Nami then passes out for a bit because of her injury which Luffy notices. Nami then looked up at him after opening her eyes again.
"Fight to protect my treasure, and the village." Nami calls over as Luffy nods as he approaches the pirates. Leif looks up as Luffy passes her and smiles up at him.
"Protect this village and defeat them." Leif requested while Luffy smiled already planning to do just that as he rushes to help Zoro.
(Ending: Life is like a boat by Rie Fu)
Me- yup it's pretty long, and I through in a crew member or two to reveal Leif's princess status, and to stop her from getting the swords. Leif is great with combat but she pretty bad when it comes to taking pain which she plans to train hard for. I had a bit of a Lule moment planned next chapter and of course I hope you guys will participate in the contest and such. I'm really excited to be doing the contest. I also had ended the chapter there because it seemed like a good place to end it. Remember I need you guys to review to know how I'm doing with this story and such, of course all of the archs belong to Oda, this is his wonderful creation after all, all I own is Leif and a couple oc's which will appear in later chapters. I hope you guys enjoyed and remember to enter the contest =)