Disclaimer: My bag finally arrived. It has Ace's face on it, and the probability of it being official merchandise isn't very high. Still, it is the only way I can claim to own anything One Piece related.

Warnings: short, dialogue heavy and I really like italicizing words to emphasize them.

Oneshot 12

Plane

"I will sooo win this game. I always win."

*awkward silence*

"You're bluffing."

"No I ain't."

"Yes you are."

"Whatever you say. Full bank."

"You just- you can't just call full bank!"

"Why not?"

"Because... because that's not how you do it! We aren't even playing poker, and..."

"Bluh bluh blah. Ur stuupid."

"Kate..."

"What, Kate?"

"That joke got old the minute you first said it."

"Then don't call me Kate, call me Lin. And I'll call you Katherine. Or Terry."

"Lin is stuupid... and no-one calls me Kate. Or Terry. Ever. I'm Katherine."

"Girls..." a voice interrupted their (rather loud) conversation.

"Hmm?"

Both of them looked up.

It was the flight attendant.

"Girls, could you please keep it down? Almost all the other passengers are asleep, and you're disturbing them." And she pointed to their right.

Indeed, most of the passengers were asleep, and the one man who wasn't was glaring at them.

Katherine shushed Katelin and answered before she could start mouthing off. "Yes, miss. We'll try to be more quiet, miss."

The flight attendant smiled tiredly and went away.

Katelin burst into quiet giggles and Katherine elbowed her.

"Did you see his face? I mean, dat glare... lol." Katelin giggled again, but this time a lot quieter.

"You like laughing, don't you?"

"Yes I do." Katelin answered the exasperated question and giggled again. "Still, I will win this game."

"Wanna bet on it?" although Katherine didn't really like betting, she felt pretty darn daring. And they had been in the plane for only two hours- it was a long flight from Britain to USA and she wanted to do something fun with this girl.

"Yeah, I wanna bet on it. You can bet on it."

Katherine groaned at the awful pun. "Then, what? Five American dollars?"

"Nah, I don't want to. I need my money, and I don't really want more..." here she trailed off in thoughts. "Hey, I know!"

Katelin zipped open her orange backpack and rummaged in it for a bit. After seemingly finding what she had been looking for she turned to Katherine and opened her palm.

In it laid a bracelet- smooth and round wooden beads on a piece of string, and between them irregularly shaped yellowish-brownish-orange-ish pieces of amber. Probably.

"It is beautiful. Where'd you get it?"

"Family heirloom or something, passed down from mother to daughter for centuries."

"Really? Are you sure you want to bet it?"

"Dont worry, I have mountains of them laying around in my room. For some reason I actually am supposed to bet them as often as possible. Something about how each one is destined to reach a certain person... which is strange, I have never lost when betting it."

"That weird..."

"I know, right. Anyways, what will you bet?"

"Ehh... I don't really have anything except money, my phone and a few books." Katherine opened her handbag and peered in. "Unless you want an used lip balm?"

After a moment of silence Katelin answered. "Show me those books."

"NO!" Katherine exclaimed louder than necessary and the man (who still hadn't fallen asleep) glared at them again.

She then mouthed to him "sorry" and turned back to Katelin.

"They are my only volumes of manga. I'm not betting them."

"Oh, manga? Show meeee. You don't even have to bet theeem." Katelin whined.

"... alright." The more serious girl agreed, handing Katelin the small pile of manga, who took them carefully.

"First volume of Gakuen Alice, One Piece, The Demon Ororon... hey, you have two samples of this one!"

"Wait, what." Katherine felt stupefied." Give me it."

Katherine grabbed the volumes from Katelin's hands.

One, two, three... and four. In her hands lay the familiar edition of one of her favourite mangas... and next to it, an identical one.

"What the..."

"So, you'll bet it then?" Katelin didn't wait for Katherine to regain her bearings.

"Eh... whatever." she decided to not delve in the mouth of a gifted mare.

"Yay! Let's play~"

The tension was almost palpable as Katherine watched every single change in Katelin's body language.

Slowly, the more mature girl asked "Have you got any... fours?"

"Darn it!" Katelin exclaimed and handed the cards over.

The man on the other side of the aisle moved a bit. He had fallen asleep some time ago.

"Have you got any... threes?"

"Go fish. Have you got any aces?"

"Go fish. And give me those fours."

"This is the last card..."

"Yeah, it is..."

"Give me that queen."

"Aww..."

The plane was quiet except for quiet muttering as both girls counted their cards.

"I lose." Katelin had finished counting first.

She frowned and gave Katherine the bracelet. "Here, take it."

Reluctantly, the other girl took the adornment and moved to drop it in her bag, but Katelin stopped her.

"No, wear it," she said.

"Huh?"

"Eh... I mean... please wear it? I feel like you should, and..." Katelin trailed off, acting out of character. Usually she was a lot more self confident.

"Okay... okay." and Katherine slid it on.

For a few tense minutes they simply sat there, staring at the bracelet.

Finally, Katelin broke the silence, "Feel anything... different?"

"Erm... not really" Katherine answered, but then hesitated for a moment. "Wait, I'm starting to feel something."

Katelin looked up at Katherine. "What?"

She blushed. "I need to... you know... use toilet..."

"Oh." Katelin blinked. "Oooh. Well then, go."

They shuffled for a bit, Katherine apologizing repeatedly as she took her handbag, and finally stumbled into the aisle, almost tripping over.

She looked right and left and carelessly said over her shoulder, "I'll be right back."

Little did she know that she would never come back. Fifteen minutes later Katelin would start getting worried, she would ask around and drama would unbound. The following investigation would reveal quite a few dirty secrets of stewards and make some people become unemployed, while the occasion itself would inspire Katelin to become an detective investigating supernatural cases, but that is another story for another time.

What's... happening?

One moment she had been walking through the plane, trying to step as lightly as possible so as not to raise the sleeping travelers, and then...

The girl couldn't remember.

Katherine glanced up at the strange, short and man who had been rambling at her for some reason.

"... gather a big crew ... Davy Jones and Davy Back Fight... call it The Foxy Pirates! You should join me!"

Katherine smiled politely, thinking about it. She had no idea what he was talking about (pirates?) but he seemed like a good person.

She looked at him again. Despite his strange pink nose and slightly suspicious appearance, his smile looked so innocent, and his eyes shone with expectation.

The teenager sighed and nodded, extracting a loud cheer from Foxy the Silver Fox.

"We'll gather the biggest, best crew! 498 people to go!

A.N.

Meh. This was pretty fun to write.

Wiki said that Foxy pirates had 499 people in it, so that's what I went with.

Thanks Vendelareader and Shiningheart of ThunderClan for reviewing and AckaRed for alerting and favouriting.

And of course the people who read this and lurk somewhere out there- each and every view makes my heart flutter a bit.

28/03/13

Next time: something magical. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say magical? A field of poppies (or some thing more sinister) that make you see stuff or a magical kiss? Because I'll be doing both and a bit more :) (though not in the same chapter)

Hey, I wanted to add the word eleemosynary, but then decided wouldn't fit. Gifted doesn't really mean the same.

Also, happy Easter for those who celebrate it- I'll simply be eating eggs and colouring them with herbs. fun fun fun.

Gosh, why can't I stop typing? this reminds me of... whaa, my little brother is taking away the lapto-