Thanks for leaving me confused as to what this next chapter should be, guys =.= xD Anyway. Short chapter below!
Disclaimer: Geez, how many times do I have to say it? Oda is boss, and Chopper's Japanese VA is freaking adorable!
Reaaad (At your own risk ^~^)
"We must now return back to our jobs as bounty hunters." Yosaku stated. "So thank you for all of your help up until this point."
"Though we must say goodbye...may we meet once again someplace else in the future." Johnny added.
"I see then." Zoro leaned over the railing of the Going Merry, Moshi sitting on the railing beside him. "Take care. "
"Hey, where's Nami?" Usopp asked, looking around.
"Maybe she's not coming." Zoro crossed his arms and pretended to not care, but anyone could see that he cared about Nami more than he let on.
"Whaa?!" Sanji glared at Luffy. "Is Nami really not coming?!"
"Hey you!" Luffy pointed at Sanji. "That raw ham melon you were talking about wasn't there!"
"Luffy!" Nami yelled, standing with her hands on her hips and her feet planted firmly on the ground. "Set sail!" And then she broke into a sprint, heading for the Going Merry.
"Shes running over here?" Usopp blinked. "What do we do?"
"She said set sail...so I guess we should set sail.." Luffy replied.
Genzo clenched his fists. "Don't tell me that she's planning on leaving without letting us say a word of thanks is or goodbye?!"
Nami continued to run, weaving between all of the villagers- old and young, male and female.
"Nami stop!"
"At least let us thank you guys for all that you have done!"
"Your boat is taking off!"
"Nami wait!" Genzo reached his hand out in desperation. "I cannot allow things to end this way!"
"You sure it's okay to let her leave like this?" Sanji asked, letting out a puff of smoke as he remembered his own parting with a certain chef on a certain boat in a certain sea.
"Its her goodbye..so let's let her decide." Luffy replied.
Nami suddenly jumped towards the Merry, stretching her long legs and somehow managing to hop onto the boat. The female stood in front of her new friends with no expression on her face at first before she smirked and lifted her shirt up just a little. Wallets, checkbooks, and money all came tumbling down and Moshi couldn't help but wonder just how she had done it.
"Eh?! My wallet is gone!"
"Mine too!"
"Same here!"
"Where's my money?!"
Nami held up a dollar and winked, sticking out her tongue as if she were eight again. "Take care, everyone!"
The villagers stared at Nami and the ship that was leaving the island for a few seconds, before it finally sank in.
"She still hasn't changed a bit, has she?" Usopp deadpanned.
"Is she gonna betray us again?" Zoro rolled his eyes. "Witch.."
"Nice job, Nami-Swan!" Sanji held up a thumbs up.
"HEY KID!" Genzo bellowed, though he was standing there with a calm expression. "Don't forget our promise!"
Luffy grinned and gave the old man a thumbs up in reply.
"Goodbye everyone! I'm off now!" Nami waved her arms and smiled her pretty smile, glad that her village was safe and happy that in the end they all still loved her.
"Take care, Na-Chan!"
"Come back soon, you little brat!"
"We'll miss you, Nami-Chan!"
Nojiko smiled, closing her eyes and crossing her arms under her bust."That little runt...she better live...heh."
Gucha.
"Let's introduce the crew!" Nami smiled at Moshi before she picked him up and began walking. "There's me, the oh so cunning navigator!" She winked. "I'm a total cutie!"
She pointed the den den mushi at Zoro, who was lazily leaning against the mast of the ship. "Here's Mr Frowns a Lot! Oh kami, I hope I never have to wake up to that face!"
Zoro deadpanned. "You'd think that she would be hugging and crying against me after having just helped save her village.." He muttered sarcastically.
"I am thankful." She smiled fondly. "Don't get so worked up, Zoro."
Zoro only smirked in reply. "Tch."
"Here's Long Nose!" She pointed Moshi at Usopp, who was just walking out of the boy's room.
"Long Nose? Pfft, actually I'm Captain Usopp!" He stuck his nose into the air and crossed his arms over his chest proudly. "I've got a whole fleet of men under me, and I'm known as a brave warrior of the sea! And-"
"Moving on..." Nami turned and walked away from him.
"Hey!" Usopp sweatdropped.
"Here's Sanji-Kun!" Nami walked into the small kitchen and smiled at Sanji, who danced in delight at her presence (though his face was shadowed by his blonde hair). "He's an amazing cook! He makes the best dishes!"
"NAMI-SWAAAAAN~!" Sanji twirled around. "I'm going to make a delicious drink just for you!"
"Thank you." Nami giggled before leaving the small kitchen and leaving Sanji to think about the many ways he would woe his precious Nami-Swan.
"And finally, we have the future pirate king himself." Nami's wide smile turned soft as she watched Luffy sit on his special place, which was on the Going Merry's head. The rubber man turned and smiled widely at Moshi, holding up two fingers.
"Shishishi...I'm on my way to becoming Pirate King, Shanks!"
Gucha.
"Ne, I'm really happy!" Luffy smiled at Moshi, the wind blowing his jet black locks around wildly. The two were perched on Merry's head, enjoying the beautiful view of the sun setting in the sky- it's orange-red color contrasting beautifully against the deep, dark blue abyss that was the sea.
"I'm really going on an adventure.." Luffy stated, pulling his knees up to his chest. "I'm really on my way to becoming Pirate King."
Moshi smiled happily, bobbing his little head in happiness. His body was no longer the pale pale white it used to be- it was shining a little, as if it was slowly turning into a silverish color.
"I've already gathered plenty of strong crewmates." Luffy continued. "Zoro, my first mate... he's really strong! He's great with swords, though he's no fun at times. And who knows? He might even defeat that one guy, Mihawk, one day."
Luffy closed his eyes and continued to smile. "There's Nami...she's my navigator. And she's probably better than you, Benn Beckman!" Luffy stuck his tongue out at the camcorder and laughed. "She's really smart, and a really good person. But she likes to steal my wallet a lot...oh well, shishishi."
Luffy opened his eyes once more and smiled fondly. "Usopp is so much fun to be around. He says really funny things, and I can't believe he's related to you Yasopp. Your noses look nothing alike!"
Luffy yawned loudly, stretching his long arms and feet. "There's our cook, Sanji, who prefers to keep his face hidden from the camcorder. He's shy around the camera. But he's an amazing cook! You've gotta try his food one day!"
"Heh." Luffy put his hand onto his hat and shook his head. "This is my crew. These people...they are my nakama. We've already begun our journey, here in the East Blue. And we're on our way to the Grand Line..."
"Just you wait, Shanks...Ace...Minna...I'm gonna be Pirate King soon. Shishishi!"
Gucha.
"Another price increase?" Nami huffed. "Don't you think that it's getting a bit expensive?"
"Caww!" The messenger bird crowed in reply.
Nami out some beli into his little red bag and took the newspaper from the bird. "Raise the price again and I won't be buying your papers anymore."
"What're you getting so riled up about?" Usopp asked, sitting crossed legged on the deck as he worked on something. "It's just a newspaper."
"Daily expenses add up, don't you know?" She shrugged.
"I thought you were done with saving up money?"
"Don't be stupid!" Nami stuck her tongue out at him. "From now on I'm going to be saving up money for no one but me! There's no way I'm gonna be a broke pirate!"
"Okay, okay!" Usopp sighed. "I'm in the middle of developing my secret Tabasco Star!" He pointed at what he was working on, which was some red liquid sloshing around in a clear glass. "So keep away!" He held up a bottle of the red stuff. "Any enemy who gets this in their eye will be rendered completely helpl- AUGH!" Usopp cried out in pain when Luffy suddenly fell onto the bottle, causing it to squirt into Usopp's eye.
"Come on Sanji!" Luffy sat up and pouted, completely oblivious to Usopp's screams of pain. "Can't I have at least one?"
"Not a chance! These are Nami's beloved orange trees! I won't allow anyone to lay even a single finger on them!" Sanji replied, crossing his arms over his chest, his eyes still covered by his blonde hair.
"Oh well.." Luffy stood up and smiled happily. "I'm in a good mood so I'll drop it then."
"Nami-Swan, rest assured my defense powered by love is infallible!" Sanji continued, his eyes turning to his hearts as he continued to twirl and dance around.
"Thanks, Sanji." Nami replied, opening up the newspaper as Usopp continued to writhe in pain.
"We're finally on our way to the Grand Line!" Luffy stretched his arms and legs. "Yosh!"
"The world's in such turmoil.." Nami muttered, flipping through the newspaper. "Another Coup D'etat in villa.." Nami blinked as a flyer suddenly fell out of the newspaper. The flyer caught the attention of all the pirates, even Usopp.
"It's a flyer...?" Luffy blinked.
Gucha.
"Look! Look, look look minna!" Luffy shoved his wanted poster into Moshi's face. "Looks like we are wanted men now! It says 30 million beli!" And there Luffy was, smiling his strange smile in the picture and waving his hand.
"Once again, you fail to understand the gravity of your situation.." Nami's head dropped. "You do realize that this means your life is at risk? With that bounty, I'm sure the Marine HQ as well as other strong bounty hunters will come after you.."
"Look! My picture is here for the whole world to see!" Usopp pointed at himself...or rather the back of his head in the bounty photo. "I might be famous!"
"That's just the back of your head." Sanji rolled his eyes.
"Don't be jealous now!" Usopp grinned. "Once we become more infamous we might all get one!"
"...With this, we can't afford to just loiter around in East Blue much longer..." Nami muttered, putting her finger on her chin in thought.
"Alright men! Let's head to the Grand Line!" Luffy yelled.
"Aye aye!" Sanji and Usopp yelled, fist pumping happily.
"Hey, I see an island!" Zoro called.
Nami picked up Moshi and everyone walked towards the railing where Zoro was standing. Indeed there was an island, and indeed they were approaching it.
"That island is proof that we are close to the Grand Line." Nami stated. "On that island, there's an infamous town called Lougetown. It's also known as the twin of the beginning and the end. It's the birthplace of the former pirate King Roger...as well as his execution spot..."
"So that's where the former pirate king died..." Luffy stared at the island in wonder.
"Shall we head there?" Nami asked, tucking a strand of tangerine coloured orange hair behind her ear.
"Yosh! To Lougetown we go!" Luffy yelled, pointing towards the town with a huge smile on his face.
Gucha.
Usually, I'd go with majority wins, but not this time. No commentary this chapter. I do have something else in mind. Shrug. I also changed the "click' to "gucha". If you don't like it, I'll change it back. Seems okay to me so.
Happy birthday to Cat Burglar Nami! 7/3/15, we love you Nami! You've been apart of our lives for like 16 years! Also, happy birthday to Neji Hyuga, from Naruto.
*SPOILER ALERT* Rest in peace, Neji. You'll always have a special place in my heart. *Gross sobbing in the distance* Why Kishi...
Lougetown. Alright, you guys know the Straw Hat group splits up in this town. We also meet some certain characters...Who should Moshi go with guys? Luffy? Zoro? Nami? Usopp? Or Sanji? Please tell me, and I'll write it out soon.
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July. So happy fourth to all Americans! What are you guys gonna do to celebrate?
Please review! Awe ye! Words and shit!