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Both girls hugged each other tightly. Today was not their lucky day. No, it was probably the worst they had experienced since they left Cocoyasi Village. They were heading straight to the Grand Line on a dinghy!
CRACK!
Nami and Nojiko looked down at the same time. A long crack was visible through the small boat. It was obvious that the dinghy wasn't going to make it. It was a miracle that it had survived the hurricane yet alone the trek up Reverse Mountain. Nami squinted into the distance,
"Oi Nojiko! I think I see the base of the mountain!"
"Really, that's what you are bloody worried about!" Nojiko bellowed over the wind, "The boat is going to-"
The boat split straight in half, and the girls fell into the rushing water.
ON THE MOBY DICK (WHITEBEARD CREW) - New World-
"Gulalalaralalala!" Whitebeard laughed as he read the newspapers article, "The marines pretty useless these days."
"Why's that pops- yoi?" Marco asked walking up to Whitebeards chair.
"They can't even capture two brats in East Blue with bounties of 5,000,000 beli!"
"What's their names?" Ace looked up from his drink.
"Obviously interested if it's you little brother right- yoi?" Marco smiled.
"Gulalalaralalala, to bad it's two girls. 'Blue Haired' Nojiko and 'cat burglar' Nami." Whitebeard stated handing the wanted posters to the two commanders.
A wolf whistle was heard from Thatch who had been silently listening to their conversation,
"They are quite the lookers although they look fairly unclean."
"Really, that's all you think about-yoi?"
"What? Just saying," Thatch raised his arms.
"Those brats look young." Whitebeard stated.
"Those are quite old wanted posters. 'Bout 6 years ago if I remember correctly." Thatch grinned his happy mood not deteriorating as he looked down onto the wanted posters.
Nami's image had been captured in a whirlwind of long wavy orange hair, eyes straight ahead to the direction she was running and a long blue oversized dress-shirt was rising up to the top of thigh because of the motion.
Nojiko's was similar yet she wore a green dress-shirt and a black ribbon of sorts that kept her cerulean coloured hair back and she seemed to be turning around instead of running. However both their expressions where grim.
"Wonder how the marines will act if they ever enter the Grand Line- yoi," Marco speculated.
"I highly doubt that would happen." Ace said, "Although the marines would be very surprised."
WITH NAMI AND NOJIKO
Spluttering Nami and Nojiko collapsed onto dry land.
"Well this is unexpected… Never would have thought this would wash up from a different sea." A male voice sounded next to them.
Quickly sitting up ready to confront the person they blinked at an old man with flower looking hair, a white beard hanging off his chin, round glasses and a seemingly permanent frown sitting on a lounge chair with a newspaper in hand.
"Who are you?" Nojiko demanded.
A tense silence lingered for a couple of seconds. Both girls shifting uneasily on their feet.
"If you want something from someone it's proper manners to introduce yourself first." The intimidating man supposed.
Nojiko straightened, "Ah… well, my name is Nojiko and this is…"
"My name is Crocus. I am the keeper of the Twin Capes Lighthouse. I am 71 years old, Gemini, Blood Type AB." 'Crocus informed.
"Too much information!" Nami snapped, raising her hand.
"How did you actually come over Reverse Mountain? I am pretty sure the currents are too strong for a human to survive."
"Don't ignore me! I was introducing myself!" Nojiko yelled, "I am Nojiko and this is my sister Nami. We came over Reverse Mountain on a small sail boat which split on the way down."
"Hmmm… That was a stupid move. Now you don't have a boat plus the fact that the small boat would have not survived either way. What are youngsters thinking these days?"
"We didn't even want to go to the Grand Line!" both stated in sync.
"Then why did you?" Crocus asked.
"We got caught in a strong hurricane and when a big wave hit us straight in the face, we fell unconscious and when we came to we were already heading up Reverse Mountain." Nami explained, exhaustion washing over her.
Crocus watched both drenched teenagers. Their head were down and grime seemed to cling to their bodies. The only thing they seemed to wear were long dress-shirts- which he presumed were stolen- and their hair was mattered down on their faces, seemingly every strand of hair had a shell of dirt surrounding it.
Crocus sighed before standing up, "Come with me."
Walking with the two girls behind him he walked over to the lighthouse. Opening the door he stepped in, strode to a wardrobe next to the door pulled out two Hawaiian shirts and walked further till he reached a small area behind the stairs. There stood a large bath that could easily fit two people and a bar of soap.
"If you want, you can wash up here. These shirts are when you are done. While I will be outside preparing something to eat. I presume you are hungry from the looks of it."
The siblings looked baffled before replying quickly, "Thank you!"
Crocus gave a curt nod and turned towards the door before walking out.
…
"Well that was unexpected…" Nojiko muttered, before turning the tap and letting water flow into the tub.
"Yeah, though I am not turning away a free bath and a meal." Nami looked longingly at the bath, "how long has it been since we had our last bath?"
"I'm guessing not including the salt water baths in the ocean? Probably since we left Cocoyasi Village. Who cares let's get in."
And with that said they stripped themselves from their bedraggled clothing, slowly stepping into the clean warm water. They let out a content sigh as the warm water enveloped them. Not wasting anytime they grabbed the soap and helped each other scrub their backs clean. Once they finished with the usual bath rituals, they dried themselves with some spare towels in a cupboard above a small sink and took the two colourful Hawaiian shirts that Crocus had given them and pulled them over their heads. Deciding that they should wash their previous shirts in the water they had bathed in they thoroughly scrubbed at the material.
Once the task was completed they rung out the excess water out of the clothing and pulled the plug so the now murky water could flow down the drain. Taking a deep breath they walked out the door.
Straight away the smell of cooking food hit their nostrils and their stomachs grumbled in anticipation.
This chapter was longer than anticipated. I hope you enjoyed reading the story so far. I decided to explain how they look like a bit more because when I reread the first 2 chapters I realised I hadn't actually explained how they looked. ( -_-')
I decided to put in a scene with Whitebeards crew so people could see how I wrote them, though I don't have much experience with writing these characters so sorry if they seemed a bit different to how you imagined.
And also school is starting up tomorrow so updates will take more time.