Chapter 3~! To be honest I didn't actually think I'd go anywhere with this story, didn't think I'd even post another chapter, but this is a great way for me to spend my time! While I'm in school I'll try to remember to write down idea's for this story so whenever I get the chance to get online during the school week [I doubt I'll get on at all because my sister will whine] or weekends I can update! While I have free time whenever I feel like it I'll just randomly update, so right now their's no schedule. I'm not gonna try to force myself to update daily, though I know some people like reading stories when they come out fast, I have to say sorry!
Angela: You're boring the possible readers with your rambling :|
Emily: Hush! o3o I am not boring.
Angela: Psssh. Yeah. Whatever. On with the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: Does Emily look like Oda? No? Didn't think so. She doesn't own anything from One Piece. Unfortunately, she owns me and the other OC's who will have the displeasure to possibly pop up.
Emily: I heard that! R00de! Anyways, story time!
She stopped a few feet away from Zoro, standing between him and Master Harring, the gems on the band around her head constantly flashing purple from the strain Master was having to go through to command her. Zoro was glaring at Master, not paying close attention to Angela, before his mouth turned into a smirk. "Oh. I see now..." He walked forward, pretty much pushing her to the side as he stood in front of Master. "If we get rid of that pretty stone there-" He said, meaning the gem embedded into Master's hand, "-then you won't have any control over the little lady there, will you?"
By this point Master was almost visibly shaking in fear of the man looming over him as he clenched his left hand in agitation, which made the stone seem to poke out a little more. "T-too bad you can't take it..." He stuttered slightly, putting his hand behind him as he silently forced Angela to attack.
Angela did just that.
She pounced on Zoro's back, making him lose his balance for a moment as he staggered sideways. She used this time to quickly take his katana from his belt, jumping back off him and running a few feet away with the katana in tow. Once Zoro reclaimed his balance he noticed something was off, and looked down to see his swords missing. 'The hell?!' he thought as he looked over to Angela. Sure enough, she was balancing all three swords between one hand.
His mouth opened in shock before it turned to fury. No one was allowed to take his swords. He rushed at the girl, almost snagging his swords until she jumped to the side, causing him to run past her for a couple feet and grab air. He stopped and turned, his eye narrowed into a slit, and almost was decapitated as she threw all three katana's at him, then the cases. he ducked and they flew over his head. He cautiously stood up, growling. "Oi! Don't disrespect my katana!" he said angrily, referring to the way she threw them, and collected them, placing them back at his hip, keeping one in his hand.
She stood stiffly, her eyes narrowed into slits in concentration as the gems flashed again and again. Zoro realized she was trying to stop attacking him, while also leaving herself open to him. wasting no time, he shot towards her quickly, blade raised, and slashed her from just below her chest directly across horizontally to the other side. Though the blade didn't cut too deeply, if she didn't receive help soon it could prove fatal, as shown when she fell onto her knees. He felt a little bad, but knew Harring would make her continue to fight until she was as good as dead.
He advanced to a panicking Harring, tired of this. He stabbed the tip of his katana into his left hand, ignoring his cries as he twisted, wrenching the gem from his hand and hitting it into the air. He saw him scramble to catch it, but hit him in the face with the handle of the katana, making him fall unconscious. He picked the stone up off the ground, examining it before placing it in his pocket and turning back to the group, noticing Sanji was kneeling in front of the girl, checking her eyes to see if she was still conscious.
Sanji picked the girl up bridal-style, kicking his bag of treasure at Zoro as he started walking back to where the Sunny was docked. He could see the other crew members waving at them, minus Robin, who just watched with a relaxed smile. She also seemed to be the one who first noticed Sanji was carrying someone who was injured, her calm look replaced by a worried frown. The group of four, no, now five, could hear panicked shouts as the others realized this.
sanji quickly jumped onto the deck, sitting her onto the ground. Her face seemed paler than usual, and even though he wasn't the doctor, he was almost certain it wasn't good. Chopper quickly came over and examined her before setting his doctor bag onto the ground, pulling out a needle and thread. "Hm...since she's already out, I'm not going to apply antiseptic." He said as be laced the thread through the needle and began stitching the wound closed. After that was done, he disinfected the other small cuts on her body before wrapping the larger wounds in bandages. Chopper looked up at Sanji.
"Could you take her to an empty bed?" he asked him as he placed his supplies back into his bag. Sanji nodded, carefully picking her up and carrying her to the girls room, knocking on the door. Not surprisingly, Robin opened the door, looking from him to her and motioning them inside. He slipped in quietly, closing the door with one of his feet. Robin pointed to an unused bed in the corner of the room and he walked over to it, laying her down gently. He backed away, nodding at Robin, an unspoken message to watch her, and he walked out. Robin looked over at the girl curiously, mostly at her ears and tail, before shrugging and sitting back at the chair at the desk where she was previously and continuing her book.
Later that night, everyone was surrounding the dinner table, minus the girl and Zoro, who was asleep, as per usual. Luffy recounted the 'Circus adventure' as he called it, and Nami inserted parts he either wasn't paying attention to, or got mixed up. During the middle of the meal, she opened the door to the room quietly, peeking inside. She wasn't noticed at first, until Luffy threw a bone at Franky, who ducked, and it hit the wall beside where her head was. She, thinking he intended to hit her with it, made a small 'eep' and pulled out of the room, shutting the door again. They all stared at the door for a moment before Sanji threw a ladle at Luffy, yelling about how he almost hit a woman. Robin, being considerate, made a plate for the girl and stepped outside, seeing her sitting on the ground beside the door, one hand tracing over the bandage on her chest.
Robin tapped her shoulder softly, making her jump slightly in surprise before looking up at her. Robin smiled, holding out the plate to her, which she took gratefully, sitting it in her lap. Robin sat down beside her as she began eating. "Hello miss. I think I should introduce myself. You may call me Robin." She looked up at the woman, called Robin, and smiled softly. she pointed at her own chest briefly. "You can call me Angela, Miss Robin." She said pleasantly, taking another bite of food.
Robin nodded. "Hello Angela. I have to say, your ears and tail are a rare sight." she nodded towards her tail, which was waving happily. She swallowed before shrugging. "I was born this way, along with the rest of the people on my home island." "Oh? Where was that?" Robin asked, trying to gain some information on the girl. "Well...I don't know. I..left at a young age, barely four. I only know seeing a lot of people like me." she said quietly, shrugging again before turning back to her food. Robin frowned softly at the apparent lack of information about the odd girl before mentally shrugging it off.
Robin opened her mouth to say something else, but before she could the door burst open, Luffy and the others walking out and onto the main deck. Luffy had a happy grin on his face. The others milled about doing different things depending on what there was for entertainment and Luffy sat down beside Robin and Angela, who had finished her food.
"So, Cat Lady, will you join my crew?" he asked excitedly, the grin never leaving his face. Angela frowned a bit before shrugging. "...I guess. I'm already here, so why not?" She shrugged like it wasn't a large life decision she just made. Luffy stood up excitedly. "Yosh!" He turned around to face the rest of the crew. "Everyone, meet our newest crew member, Cat Lady!" he pointed at a blushing Angela. Everyone seemed more or less unsurprised by the news, but happy all the same. She grinned.
She leaned back against the wall as she watched the other crew members doing...well different things to entertain themselves. Franky and Usopp were busy at one of the tables, she assumed they were building something by the metal parts strewn around. Zoro seemed to have woken up, probably because of Luffy's loudness, and was now drinking a mug of beer. Nami had gone back to the room to get a shower. Brook was sitting at a different table, sipping from a tea glass and seeming oblivious to the fact the tea was going straight through his ribs and onto the ground as he talk to Chopper, who was sitting on the table across from him. Sanji had gone back into the kitchen, talking about 'Making something sweet for his sweets~', she assumed he meant the women.
She looked back to Luffy, noticing him and Robin were talking about the next island they would be going to.
"-hope there will be lots of meat there!" Luffy said, grinning as he looked at Robin. She just nodded in agreement, knowing that's what would be on his mind. She smiled at his antics. "I wonder if we'll meet anyone interesting there?" she said, joining in the conversation. Robin looked over to her before nodding again. "Let's just hope there won't be any trouble." She added to what she had said. Son after that, the two had gotten up, Luffy to go see what Usopp and Franky were doing, and Robin to go read a book.
She watched everyone silently for a couple more minutes until Sanji literally whirled over, stopping in front of her and holding out a silver tray with a tiny cake on it. She took it from him, sitting it on her lap, and grinned. "Thanks, Sanji-kun!" He swooned. "No trouble at all..." He seemed to not know her name, so she supplied "Angela." "Angela-chan!" he whirled off, she guessed to bring Robin and Nami their cakes.
She looked down at the plate on he rlap, poking the cake with the fork in her hand before taking a bite of it, nodding her head in satisfaction. "This is great!" She almost laughed after swallowing. Sanji seemed to be the best chef in the world, at least to her. She soon finished it and stood, holding the dirty dishes in her hands and taking them to the kitchen, setting them in the sink. She heard a small explosion while turning to the door before feeling the small shockwave and frowned, hurrying out the door to see what had happened.
She saw Usopp, Franky, and Luffy standing around the remains of the table, their faces black from ash from the explosion. She chuckled, seeing Franky and Usopp turn and start screaming at Luffy.
"What'd you do that for! Now we have to start over again!" They both yelled at the same time. Luffy shrugged. "I wanted to see what it would do." He said calmly. He was immediately hit over the head by them both. "Don't touch the projects again!" They shouted before going to get a new table, grumbling the entire time. She laughed again as she spoke to no one in particular.
"I think I'm gonna like it here..."
And done! I hate that it's so short, but whatever, I'm trying o3o Angela finally escaped Harring! *Cue loud cheering*
Angela: *Claps* And I got to join Luffy-chan's crew!
Emily: Yes~ Now you can go on Luffy adventures!
Angela: *Grins* Anyways, please review if you have the time! Much appreciated! *Blows kisses like a movie star*
Emily: ...I did not tell her to do that. That was all her.
Thanks for reading! If I got some information wrong or you don't like the way I write the story, feel free to tell me or flame~! All thoughts are considered!