Chapter 9: Selvanio part 1

Outside it was still half dark and Kid was waiting at the forest edge. "Alright just to make things clear, this time I'm not going after anybody of you!" Kid explained strict and pulled out a rope, before she went towards Chopper who was talking to Zoro.

"What are you doing?" Chopper when Kid grabbed him from behind.

"Prevention." Kid said simply while she tide Chopper on Zoros' head.

"WHAT THE HELL!" started Zoro yelling but he only got a clout from Kid before Sanji could tear his eyes from Robin away.

"From now on you are responsible for Zoro!" Kid said seriously to Chopper, while Luffy, Usopp Nami, Sanji and Ace burst out into laughter even Robin started giggling.

"You can count on me!" Chopper responded earnest.

"Ace, do you think you can handle it to keep an eye on your brother, so he won't get lost?" Kid teased Ace.

"If you aren't capable doing that!" Ace retorted sassy.

Kid gave Ace a deadly glare before she shook irritated her head and said, "Alright people, the faster we ran the faster we get to the capital, so stick on me!" before she turned around and ran into the forest.

Zoro grumbled annoyed when the group followed Kid. On the way to Selvanio Chopper yelled almost every five minutes that Zoro was walking into the wrong direction Kid. "Kid! Please can we make a short break!" Nami and Usopp yelled after four hours running.

"Everybody Halt!" Kid commanded and the group came to a halt, "let's make five minutes break… Don't take your GPS down or I'm jerking you the rest of the way on your ankle with me!" Kid said when she saw how Zorro tried to undo the rope.

"I'M GOING TO KILL THAT JERK-OFF!" Kid screamed all a sudden while Sanji twit at Zoro.

"What happened?" asked Robin calm.

"Look who's missing?!" Kid said hackled up pointing at the group, "Your captain and Mister incapable himself!"

"Don't worry they were running five minutes ago right in front of me!" Nami said conciliating, "Robin can you find out where they are?"

"Sure!" Robin said with a smile and crossed her arms in front of her breasts and mumbled with closed eyes, "Ojos Fleur!"

Kid looked around and saw all a sudden eyes on some leaves and her expression changed from pissed off to surprised, while more and more eyes were sprouting almost everywhere.

"I found them!" Robin said after some seconds opening her eyes and lowered her arms, "They are not so far away."

"Why haven't you done that yesterday?" Kid said morose looking frustrated at Robin.

"You haven't asked…" Robin answered with an intimidated smile holding her hands up in defense.

"I hate my live…" Kid mumbled glumly, while she massaged her nose bridge. "Tell me where the fire dude is, so I can kick his ass." Kid said after she recollected herself.

"They are at a barrack in that direction." Robin said and pointed in the direction where Usopp sat.

"WHAT! NOWAY!" Kid yelled startled and ran in that direction.

"Where are you going?" Nami asked wondering following Kid.

"NOT YOUR BUSINESS, JUST STAY PUT!" Kid hollered across her shoulder and Nami froze.

`Please don't let Him be there` Kid thought terrified while she was running as hell.

While Robin used her Devil Fruit Power Luffy and Ace were standing in front of a barrack. "Do you think we'll get something to eat in here?" Luffy asked after his stomach grumbled.

"Let's find it out!" Ace said and knocked at the steel door.

"Who's there?!" a voice of a young man asked after his eyes appeared in the slit on the door, which he had opened with a jerk.

"Hi My name's Luffy and that's my brother Ace!" Luffy started to blather and just when he wanted to ask for food suddenly the man pointed a gun at Luffy and shot. The shot hit Luffy right between the eyes and went some centimeters though his head, but then the bullet slung back and hit the door. "That wasn't nice!" Luffy yelled unharmed yet annoyed and stretched his arm back, "Gum Gum!"

"What!?" the young man asked amazed.

"Pistol!" Luffy yelled before he threw a punch at the door.

With a hell for leather the door hit the man and dashed with him to the ground. Luffy entered the barrack, and there he saw shelves with food, many beds and three men standing around a fireplace in front of a door.

"Wow! You have so much food in here!" Luffy yelled astonished.

While Ace followed his brother the three baffled men took out their guns and shot at Luffy and Ace. But as before the bullets didn't harm anyone (the Bullets went through Ace' flaming body and Luffy slung them back). Ace stepped forward and fired with his Devil Fruit Powers like a gun yelling: "Fire gun!"

The three men went to the ground and didn't stir anymore. "Look at this Ace they even have rice! Sanji can make rice balls again!" Luffy said excited with a grin on his face.

Meanwihle Kid had arrived at the barrack and she walked around it, hidden in the bushes, so no one would see her. When she arrived at the front of the barrack she watched wary at the entrance which was open. "Let's get the others here, so we can go back to our ship!" Kid heard Luffy saying before he and Ace walked out of the barrack.

Kid breathed in and out before she ran hysterically out of the bushes: "WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN THINKING! CHARGING INTO A PILLBOX!?" Kid yelled hiding her nervousness and whacked Luffy and Ace with two painful clouts.

"Kitty-Cat we found loads of food, so we can return to our ship now!" Luffy yelled happily while Kid was jerking those two into the forest back to the rest of the group.

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Kid yelled angrily and nervously before she breathed through, "We can't take those nourishments."

"And why can't we do that?" Ace asked.

"That pillbox is for emergencies and the food is the emergency provision, in case the city has to be evacuated." Kid explained the earlier purpose of that barrack, but then she thought, `they are pirates, they don't care!`

"Really? Oh what a pity, then we can't take the food for ourselves!" Luffy said off-handily while Kid put another story in her head together.

"What? Really?" Kid asked stumbling over her own thoughts.

"Sure not!" Luffy said grinning at her and walked ahead to Zoro and the others.

Kid stood still and watched Luffy walking to the others. "That's my brother! He's not the brightest but he has his heart on the right spot." Ace said standing next to Kid, "You see, you can trust us…" Ace tried to convince Kid that they are good people and followed Luffy who narrated about the barrack and why they still have to go to Selvanio.

Kid looked perplex at Ace, Kid shook her head she couldn't be stupid enough to trust pirates, that would be just wrong. Kid walked over to the group and said in her aloof voice: "end of break, let's go to Selvanio!"

After another march of two hours the bright sunlight dazzled the group when they got out of the forest. In front of them extended a wall on both sides and in front of them was a gate. Kid walked to the gate, knocked at it and waited till an old, bald man stuck out his head. "What do you want?" the man asked with a grumpy voice.

"We want to top up or supplies!" Kid explained soberingly.

"And I want something to eat!" Luffy added childish.

"Yes, he wants something to eat…" Kid repeated gnashing her teeth while Luffy grinned at the man.

"Well, that would be 10 berry per nose then" The man said after he seemed a bit puzzled by Kids reaction.

"Are you kidding me?!" Nami yelled boiling with indignation, "90 berry so we can go into that stupid city, that's highway robbery!"

"Stop making such a fuss, we all know you are a money-grubbing bitch!" Zorro said irritated after he managed to get Chopper from his head and Sanji kicked him in his face.

"I'll pay the fee, For the sake of peace and quiet!" Kid said stressed out and paid the man, who opened the gate.

Luffy walked ahead and the rest followed him. "So what'll we do now?" Robin asked once the group was inside and the gate was closed again.

"How about going shopping?!" Nami suggested cheerfully, "I really need new cloths!"

"Again?!" Zoro asked impatiently.

"What do you mean by again last time I barley had time to look around!" Nami countered, would she had been honest she wanted to get Kid to buy some new clothes, but would she had been even more honest she just wanted to get new stuff for herself.

"a shopping tour was never a talking point!" Kid said and stopped Zoro, before he could complain because he and the other boys had to have acting as pack mules on the last island, but just when she wanted to continue.

"I'm Hungry!" Luffy interrupted Kid.

"Luffy, you always are…" Usopp corrected soberly.

"I wanna get a proper breakfast!" Luffy insisted while Kid glared at him.

"There won't be a place to get breakfast at this time!" Ace put in his two cents, because he saw that Kid started to be annoyed by that discussion; he just couldn't help he enjoyed it way too much to tease her.

"Then let's get lunch!" Luffy said while Kids face started to get a red tone by suppressing her ire.

"It's not time for lunch either." Sanji explained while Kid started to massage her nose bridge, to calm her nerves down.

"How about something like breaklunch?" Luffy said childish, what caused Kid to hold her breath, so she wouldn't explode.

"That already exist, it's called brunch!" Chopper joined the conversation.

"Are you sure?"

"Yep."

"WELL THEN LET'S GET SOM…!" Luffy started to shout out but Kid held his mouth with her hands shout after she breathed through.

"Listen up, I just want to get things done…" Kid said morosely looking around; even so she was relieved to see that they were the only people at this place. (Except the old man at the gates, who already noticed, that this group had a loose nut)

"What are you looking for?" Robin asked calmly.

"I'm trying to remember the way to the market." Kid answered simply.

"So you were already here?" Ace teased Kid

"I've never said the opposite." Kid snarled caustically.

"Why don't we split up and search for the market" Zoro suggested boredly.

"You would just get lost as always." Sanji said in a sharp-tongued voice.

"Looking for trouble, kitchen boy?!" Zoro yelled wrathfully with clenched fists.

"I'm up for it, moss head!" Sanji countered not less louder than his opponent.

But before Zoro and Sanji could start to trail their strengths those two received a head slap by Kid.

"Shut up, both of you." Kid said irritated but with controlled volume, "I have no nerves for your pissing-matches."

"What ever you wish, Kitty~" Sanji started to mumble when Kid cut him short.

"Just do me one favor and stop calling my name."

"Of course, my shining star…" Sanji answered at Kids request what Kid commented with an annoyed snarl.

"Let's just go this way!" Kid said frustrated while she walked towards an alley, turning the coats collar up; she really didn't feel like continuing that discussion.

While the Straw Hats and Ace were following Kid through the slightly vivid streets of the city, Kid glanced unobtrusively around it almost seemed as if she didn't wanted to be recognized.

When the group turned into a wide alley a woman, who looked only a few years older than Kid, approached them. All a sudden Kids' boots seemed to be much more interesting to her than the person passing them. But the woman suddenly stood still and turned a bit confused around. "Hang on one sec… don't we know each other?" asked the strange woman and the group stopped.

"That is rather unlikely my sunshine… but I would love to acquaint with you." Said Sanji, who had checked on the woman with the ash blond hairs (just as every young, halfway nice-looking woman they were passing)

"I'm sorry, but I didn't mean you." the strange woman adjusted while she passed Sanji to approach Kid and touched lightly on Kids shoulder.

"Not that I know." Kid answered in a neutral voice after she turned to the strange woman.

"Aren't you that little girl, who ran away from home?" the strange woman questioned.

"You have to mistaken me" Kid said.

"No, I'm positive, even if that's…" the woman whistled a bit of air through her mouth and stared at the sky, "haven knows how long ago… My mom bandaged your broken arm once, don't you remember?" the woman started to chatter.

"As I said, you have to mistaken me. " Kid repeated this time with a brittle undertone in her voice.

"How old were you back then?" Nami interfered in the discussion.

"I really don't know what that woman is talking about!" Kid asserted that she had no Idea what this was all about.

"We were both pretty young." the woman answered Namis' question, even though it was addressed to Kid, "so I don't exactly remember her name… I think it was something short with a K! Kathy?" asked the woman turned to Kid, but contradicted herself immediately, "No! Kiki? That's not right either! Kari? Kim, or something like that."

"This is getting annoying, we've better things to do… let's go!" Ace suddenly said bugged and walked ahead, just when Nami wanted to answer the woman's question.

The rest of the group said goodbye to the strange woman and continued their way immediately. After Kid caught up to Ace she gave him a short look before she walked ahead; Ace could have sworn that it was a thankful glance. When the Straw Hats, Ace and Kid reached the marketplace Sanji suggested: "How about splitting up in two groups? Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Chopper and Ace can buy our provision for the desert while the rest of us will refresh our stores.

"Since when do you give the orders?" Zoro asked sharp-tongued.

"Just deal with it!" Sanji yelled angrily.

"You just want to be alone with the girls." Usopp stated the fact.

"Ace, why don't you join our group?" Nami asked suppressing a grin after she dealt out painful clouts, which ended the discussion between Zoro, Usopp and Sanji.

"Fine for me!" Ace declared himself ready to comply with that grouping.

After Nami ceded reluctantly some of her precious money to Chopper the group split into two groups.