Chapter 16: The Plan to Marineford! The Thief Pirates' Lair!
Cover Page: One Piece Pokemon, the Strawhats-The Strawhats in their pre-timeskip costumes as pokemon, Aipom D. Luffy is stuffing meat into his swollen cheeks. Roronoa Zoro the Grovyle and Sanji the Combusken are butting their heads in another argument whilst Nami the Skitty happily rolls on a mountain of gold with berri signs for eyes. Usopp the Seedot is telling Teddy Teddy Chopper the Teddiursa (Brain Point)/ Deerling (Walk Point) another tall tale whilst Nico Robin the Kirlia is calmly reading a book. Franky the Gurdurr tinkers with a small contraption with Brook the Duskull playing his violin. Finally Pichu T. Ellix is sleeping, dreaming about his Nightmare Form, Darkrai.
I crawled along the soft carpet with a happy smile on my face, gurgling as I tried to get somewhere.
"What are you doing Ellix?" I turned and stuffed my right hand in my mouth as I looked up at my mum, who's face was shadowed. "Come here you." She reached down and picked me up, bobbing me in her arms as I just continued to chew on my own hand.
She sat in a simple wooden chair as I stared up at her with my big eyes, waving my arms up and down as if I was testing them. "You are energetic aren't you?" She said as I tried to reach for a very interesting looking spoon. Then my attention was directed to a weird looking fruit which I reached for.
"You can't have that, darling." Mum said as she cradled me. "That's a Devil Fruit-" It felt like everything glitched again. "-I think it's called the Dori Dori no Mi."
I began to blub as I realised I couldn't have it. "Oh dear, I think someone's tired." She carried me over to a simple wooden crib and gently rested me in. My crying settled down as she began speaking in a calming voice, definitely a lullaby, my eyes slowly closed as I drifted off to sleep...
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I sat upright on the deck of Dimo's ship. 'Just another dream...' I thought in disappointment, I had been taking a power nap until I dreamed that up. But this was good, I was recalling memories about my mother! Though I still couldn't see her.
"We'll be arriving soon! Everyone brace yourselves!" Our navigator announced.
As most of us moved to the front of the ship a fog started to roll in.
"What's with the fog?" Roy asked no one in particular.
"Stay alert." Tack told us.
Through the thick fog, we saw rocky land, and the ship weighed anchor just before we were beached.
"This is as far as we go. Good luck Captain-sama." Our helmsman nodded.
"Having the thanking of you, nakama!" Dimo bowed as we all hopped off the boat and onto the shore.
The two nodded as they slowly turned the ship around and sailed off.
"...S-So what...do we do now...?" Sarah asked.
"...I have absolutely no clue." I told them honestly.
"Nani!?" Tack yelled at me.
"I was just focusing on getting here." I admitted sheepishly. "But I'd say the best thing to do is to look for any ships we could use!"
"Screepth!" Tempo agreed.
So we plodded on through the thick fog. "I can't see my hand in front of my face!" Roy complained. "...But I can see Kalamar's tentacle!" The squid stuck it to his face.
"Hey! What's that?" Tack spoke up suddenly.
We all walked forwars until, it felt like the fog just drifted away to give us the vision in front of us. 10, 10! Ships were lined up along the rocky coast, and they were odd to say the least. 7 of them had rounded edges, whilst 2 had really tall and thick masts, they looked more like turrets then masts! And then there was the lead ship, it had a bandanna wearing mermaid for the head and was obviously more luxurious and larger then the others.
But all of them had the same jolly roger. A skull with a fierce expression wearing a red bandanna, that had a crossed golden key and keyhole instead of bones. Another thing that REALLY caught my attention, was that they were all coated.
"I think this is where the Thief Pirates are..." I said.
"H-He...has a whole fleet..." Sarah mumbled.
"...SUGOIIII!" Dimo suddenly shouted with over the top sparkly eyes. "Ellix-sama! Unimportantlings! Be having the viewing of amazingness at the fog!"
We turned and examined the fog...wow it was weird, it made a giant white dome all around this area, as if something was making it take this shape.
"Thisfogissocool!" Roy marvelled.
"I'd give it the term unnatural." Tack mumbled, before turning to me. "So, we've walked on, NOW what's our plan?"
I crossed my arms in thought. These guys had the right idea, coating would be perfect to sneak into Marineford!...But, there was still the matter of the Gates of Justice...and which way I'd have to go to actually reach Marineford! I highly doubted any of us knew the way...I could only think of one thing.
"We sneak on board the head ship, then as soon as they set sail we hijack it and get a navigator to sail us to Marineford." I stated.
"I think the plan is full of yum!" Dimo stated.
"Well, I don't think we've got anything else." Tack shrugged.
We all walked over to the leading ship. "Hey...there's...something over there as well..." Sarah spoke up.
We turned to see a very wide and dark cove entrance. "Guess that's where they hide." Tack noted.
Getting back to the ship, we found a small open cannon hole in the ship. Tack hoisted Sarah up and into it whilst Kalamar climbed in with Roy using his tentacles. Tempo carried Tack up and I literally grabbed and threw Dimo upwards, luckily Kalamar caught him.
As I was helped up we suddenly heard noise that sounded like water. "Shhh..." I whispered as we all peered out of the hole. In the water next to us 10 ships completely identical to these ones rose out of the water! Their coating slid off as they emerged.
The gangplank lowered on the lead ship. And the first person to step off was a tall, lanky man wearing a blue coat on his shoulders similar to an admiral. He had sharp facial features apart from his rounded chin which had stubble on it. His captains hat was oversized and had the jolly roger of the flags on it, I had no doubt in my mind that this was the captain.
The man turned to the pirates dragging large chests out with them. "Come on you lot! Those who act like snails will never reach the finish line!" He shouted at them.
"Yes Captain!" They yelled, confirming my earlier thought.
As they walked into the cove the captain looked at our where we were hiding. 'Crud!' I thought, did he see us?
He paused for a moment before picking his nose. "That's an ugly headpiece."
'Headpiece?...Wh..Wait...Was he talking about ME!?' I thought in rage.
"Gonna have to get rid of that, ugliness is the stain of beauty." He said as he walked off.
"Phew, that was close..." Tack sighed.
"UGLY HEADPIECE!? C'MERE YOU!" I was held back by Roy in my rage.
"He'sgone! He'sgone!" Roy argued as I settled down.
"Nobody can call me ugly..." I grumbled. "...Except Nami!"
"THAT'S JUST AS BAD!" Tack and Roy shouted with face faults.
We all shut our mouths as we heard voices. "Is Fleet 2 ready to go?" I heard the captain ask.
"Yes sir, all ready to sail!" I heard a voice say.
"Good! Onwards then!" There was a pause.
"Captain, you have to be on the ship before you can sail..."
"EHHHHHH!?...Oh yeah, your right." We heard footsteps going on and an anchor being raised.
"The early bird catches the spider!"
"It's worm, Captain."
"EHHHHHH!?...Yep, does go like that."
Our little party stared out the hole and watched as all the coated ships started submerging, with ours going last. Watching the water go calmly past us as we drifted further and further down, watching sea life pass us by.
"Wow...it's beautiful..." Sarah said.
"I am having the agreeing!" Dimo nodded. "Ellix-sama, how shall we be doing the taking-overing?"
I shrugged. "Beat up everybody except a navigator and helmsman?"
"I LIKE that idea!" Roy nodded as Kalamar blooped in agreement.
We then heard a hatch open as two figures walked in. "So, what are we doing again?" One figure asked.
"We're patrolling." The other one told him plainly.
"I just don't see the point, I mean, WHO would be able to sneak on here?"
"Hey, we're just crew members, we don't think, just follow orders, such is the way of life."
"Life sucks..."
"Tell me something I don't know." So the two began pacing as we hid behind some barrels.
"These two are first then." Tack nodded.
"Yep." I replied.
Roy suddenly lent over me. "I wanna take this guy!"
"Roy! Get off of me!" I hissed as I threw him off.
"Someone got out on the wrong side of bed this morning." Roy grumbled.
"Hey!" We all froze at the voice. "Is someone hiding behind those barrels?"
"...No." Roy said as I smacked him upside the head.
"...Oh, my mistake." He then walked on.
...SERIOUSLY!? How stupid is this guy!?
"Having the HIYAAAAAA!" Dimo suddenly leaped out and smacked him round the head with his giant notepad, knocking him out.
"Dimo! We need to be quiet!" I quietly shouted as we all walked out.
"Hey! Did you just knock out my partner?" The other patroller asked.
"...No." Roy said.
"I just saw you!"
"...Well, I'm out of ideas." He shrugged.
I facepalmed as I just shot him in the stomach with a Shigan, knocking him out. To be honest though, I was kinda missing this sort of thing. "We've started at least." I sighed as we walked on to the hatch.
I pushed it open, but instead of being met with a deck I just saw more wooden walls. "Must be two levels..." I said to myself as we climbed on through.
"Maybe we could shoot a hole to the top?" Roy suggested.
"...Noooo, because if we do that we'll have the whole crew on our hands!" I told him. "Let's just WALK!" And that's just what we did.
"How do you think they got all these ships?" Sarah asked timidly.
"Well, I guess they're not called the THIEF Pirates for nothing." Tack shrugged.
"You are making the point of goodness Unimportantling." Dimo nodded.
"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" Tack yelled.
"I am liking the designing of the ships of the thieving!" Dimo said with an over-the-top smile. "They are like the ear wax models of a monkey who is stupid! I must be taking the noting!" He pulled off his notepad and began scribbling in pictures, most likely for his Devil Fruit powers.
As we walked I noticed a lot of weird contraptions and mechanisms around the ship. "You guys are seeing this right?"
"What? The GIANT metal things that you can see every where you look?...Might have." Tack said.
"Screeeeepth!" Tempo happily flitted around the contraptions regardless of the hazards.
"What do you think they could be for?" I crossed my arms in thought as I spoke.
Tack shrugged. "No clue. I'm not one for mechanics." If Luffy were here he'd probably call them 'mystery gears'.
We eventually reached another hatch, and I walked up to it and opened it just a crack so that I could peer out. I stared onto a deck with multiple feet shuffling past.
"Captain!" I heard as some feet ran to a pair of big black boots. "Here is the Eternal Pose from Ship 4 that you requested, sir."
"Thank you, I-NANI!? Why is this the Eternal Pose to Karakuri!?" There he was again, that captain.
"Err...you asked for it, Captain."
"Nani? Didn't I ask for the Eternal Pose to Cactus Island?"
"...No Captain."
"EHHHHHH!?...I did didn't I? Sorry about that. Oh well, I'm sure we'll find someone on the way to Karakuri, change course immediantely."
"Of course, Captain." The feet then shuffled away.
I pulled my face away for a bit. Karakuri? Never heard of an island like that... "Okay, the captain is on the deck." I said to my comrades. "So on the count of three, we all rush out, okay?...One...tw-"
"LET'SJUSTGONOW!" Roy yelled as he pushed us all throught the shaft and up onto the deck where we landed in a crumpled mess, much to the horror of the crew.
"NANIIII!? The ship had babies!" The captain yelled with a face fault.
"We think those are intruders captain!" His crew yelled.
"EHHHHHH!?...Actually that makes much more sense." He frowned. "My name is Captain Kobata, who are you lot?"
I scrambled out of the heap and brushed myself down. "I am Wodos T. Ellix! And this ship is going...to take me to Marineford!"
It's another chapteeeer! And we got a new reviewer! HikariLight00!
Ellix: It's very nice to meet youuuuu!
So, this is the first chapter of the Fleet of Thieves Arc!
Ellix: It's gonna be the shortest Arc ever! 'Cause I'm gonna beat this Kobata guy easily and get to Marineford!
At least your prepared...review time!
To Thief-chan: Good point actually...though the anime did confirm he had Conqueror's Haki...
Ellix: Use the correct term, baka author! And hey! Your doing those colour spread thingies now, right? Eri-chan should join us!
Ask permission from her first.
Ellix: Eri-chan! Will you join us in this baka authors color spreads?
To TheRealEvanSG: Hells yeah it is! I'm pulling out all the stops in this arc!
Ellix: Nani!? You didn't like it BEFORE it reached this part!? *Pouty face*
To Zusenheim: Yes! I'll try and do those things betterer!
Ellix: You've been giving Dimo too much speech time!
To HikariLight00: Thanks for your revieeeeeew! Glad to hear others reaaaaad!
Ellix: I can't wait to fight alongside your OC!
I think that is everything for now! Take it away, Ellix!
Ellix: OPFan37 doesn't own One Piece! He does own me, and all the characters in the Fleet of Thieves Arc instead of HikariLight00's OC!
I don't own Pokemon either!...Wish I did, though...