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"Ngh," Zoro grunted as he tried to heave the anchor up over the bow of the ship; I had a grip on the back of his shirt and was pulling back. I was sort of awkward because I could only use one of my fore paws to push myself back, but that didn't stop me. Finally, after a bit of a struggle, we managed to pull it over the side. We were now ready to set off.
"HEY!" Luffy's voice cried out and my head shot up, glancing in-between the railing to see Luffy running towards us, dragging Usopp and Sanji after him. Usopp by his nose and Sanji by his ankle, to be exact. Wasn't he meant to wake them up? Not drag them here and half-kill them? "I brought the guys!"
"Good! Now get on. We are ready to leave at any moment," Zoro said, huffing a bit from how quick we worked to get the ship ready. My own chest was heaving and falling and bit, but it was tolerable.
"Huh?" Luffy said, glancing back at Sanji and Usopp who were unconscious. Again. "Are you guys still asleep?"
No, Luffy darling. I think you killed them….
"No! We don't have time to go looking for him!" Nami cried out as she walked up the gangplank with Vivi.
"But I can't just leave him here!" Vivi argued with her.
I tilted my head curiously to the side as I watched and Zoro called out, "What's wrong?"
"She says her duck is missing, and won't come even after whistling for him," Nami replied, glancing back at us.
"You mean him?" Zoro asked, poking to a large duck that appeared by our side. That fucking thing… Just about gave me a darn heart attack! We had got onto the boat and I found myself face to face with the stupid thing! It had been cowering on the ground, waiting for Vivi! "He got on the boat even before us."
"THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE!" Both women screamed in anger at the duck as he quacked and waved.
"Turn the boat to head down the river and we should be able to reach the ocean!" Vivi informed us once they had all climbed in board. "We have to leave as quickly as possible."
"WE'RE OFF!" Nami cried as we set finally managed to set sail.
"Hey, so how many guys are gonna come after us?" Luffy asked Vivi, although it seemed like he didn't really care.
"I can't say for sure," She replied. "There are reportedly 2000 people working for Baroque Works. Towns like Whiskey Peak aren't uncommon either…."
"You mean we could have 1000 people after us!" Nami exclaimed as she held out her hands. My head was shifting in between them as they talked, I was sitting back resting my leg now.
"It's possible considering how serious knowing the boss' real name is," Was Vivi's discouraging reply. Charming.
I sighed, finally lying down from exhaustion. It wouldn't matter if I had small nap, right? I hope not…
Something was buzzing in the back of my mind, something annoying that was pulling my consciousness to the surface. Groggily I groaned, my head felt cloudy, like there was a haze over my thinking process. I felt like I had taken some sort of drugs to sleep, and that it hadn't worn off yet. I tried to crack my eyes open, but they felt heavy as my mind slowly stumbled to life.
I slowly noticed what had woken me up; an annoying ache in my arms, the muscles in my arms screamed in compliant. I didn't bother opening my eyes; it seemed like too much trouble. I tried to lift my arms up, to stretch them and get that annoying ache out of them. I moved my arms slightly but something stopped me from moving them any further. Something was restraining my arms. What in the world? I wiggled my arms, trying to figure it out as I squeezed me eyes and crinkled my nose in concentration. Wow, my mind really was on vacation today. Everything was coming to me so slowly.
I let out a sigh eventually, as every way I wiggled my arms held no release for them. What was keeping them tied up? I slowly cracked open my eyes, snapping them close again as the light assaulted them. I groaned in annoyance and wait for a few seconds before slowly cracking them open again.
Slowly my sight came to me, and all I saw was a dull white-grey color. My brows furrowed in confusion, my brain slowly processing what the meant. I was on the ship with the others not long ago right? We were heading on our way to Alabasta… Right? Then what the hell happened? Suddenly I have arms again?
I flicked my eyes down to my and froze, my mind coming to a screaming halt. More white. But that wasn't what worried me. What worried me was the fact I saw white pants. Pants that had a pair of human legs occupying them. My mind wheeled around in confusion as I attempted to push myself up.
My arms still weren't obeying me, so I had to wiggle myself up. All my muscles protested, it felt like I had laying one spot for ages! What the hell was happening?
When I wiggled my way into an awkward sitting position and finally managed to look down at my chest, I paused again.
My brain suddenly felt like it was given a kick up the ass and I screamed. Very, very loudly. My arms where wrapped in a straight jack! A straight jacket with buckles holding in my arms which were folded across my chest!
I panicked, tugging futilely at my arms to free them as tears began to gather in my eyes. My chest began to heave as I took big gulping breaths in. I was panicking for sure. A confused sob wracked my body.
What was happening! I was back in Braylie's body! I was not on the boat with the guys, but instead I was back in the nuthouse. I wasn't in that small room I had before, I was in a plain white room with a fucking straight jacket on me! Why? What happened? Why was I here? I want to go back to the others…
Another sob wracked my body as I flopped to the ground, curling my body into a ball on the ground. I tucked my head into my leg as tears streamed down my eyes, body shaking. You know how people cry and apparently the only bad thing that happens is their make-up smudges? Yeah, well that doesn't apply to real life. I crieded and sobbed with loud sounds and had snot running down my nose. I also took gulps of breath every now and then as my body shook, a choking sounds escaping my throat as I didn't get enough air between sobs. I looked and sounded like a dying whale. I normally wouldn't behave this way either, but I just felt so damn sad…
When I finally managed to calm down, which seemed like it took a while I laid still on the ground. I felt numb again.
Suddenly it felt like I was shoved backwards into my mind, no longer in control of my body. I knew this feeling! The dog in me was taking over!
I heard a door crack open as someone came in the room… I hadn't noticed that before. I was too busy crying.
I heard several pairs of footsteps coming further into the room, the door closing behind them. They came towards me, or the dog. Whatever way you look at it, I wasn't in control of my body again…
I… Er, my body, started making some sort of grunted growling sound. It was not the sounds I make when I am Mamori, it was a messed up sound. Human vocal cords don't produce growling very well after all.
Someone latched their hand around my arm, pulling me roughly up to me feet. Another hand grasped my other arm to stabilize me. The growling picked up as my world spun a mix of white and blue. Being lifted off the ground after lying there so long wasn't fun.
When my body finally managed to focus its sight again, I saw a man in blue standing before me. In response to seeing him my body started to thrash, pulling it's lips back in a feral snarl.
"Come on now, just let me give you your meds and we will leave," He tied to convince my body, but it was having none of that.
He sighed, pulling a needle out of his pocket as he stepped closer to my body. It froze, and I wondered what was running through the dog's mind as this guy approached us. I knew enough about dogs to know that once they froze you were in trouble. It was a final warning of 'back the fuck up or will eat you.'
It seemed this guy didn't get it, or he thought he was safe because he had to other people holding my body still.
He reached his hand out, seeming to be heading for my neck to stick the needle in. After all, it's not like he could get it through my straight jacket very easily. The needle was just about to touch my body's skin when the dog retaliated.
My head shot out, snapping its teeth around the guy's wrist. Human teeth might be blunt, but they could still draw blood if you bit right. A dog was the better than humans at biting anyway, so it had a pretty good idea of what to do. The guy screamed out in pain as the needle clattered to the ground, trying to pull his arm back.
My body's teeth didn't let go as he pulled, but it was forced to let go as she was yanked back by the two people holding her. Shouts echoed around her as the doctor clutched his wrist to his chest, my body being thrown to the ground. A heavy weight was thrown on my back, one of the guys that were holding me before I am guessing. He pinned me down as more shouts echoed around my ears.
"We warned you she bit and growled like a feral animal!" I heard someone protest.
My body wiggled and thrashed, growling, howling and screaming in rage. I felt a prick on the side of my neck as the other guy that had been holding me before stuck it in. I felt the liquid it contained seeping in. The effects were almost instantaneous. All the sounds around the dog and I faded out, our limbs growing heavy. My sight slowly slipped away as I slipped back into the void of unconsciousness. The last thing I felt was a heavy sense of sadness from the dog. Sadness and longing.
I was jolted back to life by loud voices, my head shooting up with panic. I quickly glanced around for a second, fearing that I wouldn't be back on the ship. Thankfully I was though. That dream was scary… No. It is not a dream. Definitely not.
My head felt clearer than before and I could think again. It must have been the meds that made me act like I did back there, with the slow train of thought and the crying…
'Don't think about it,' something urged me. 'Thinking about it will make it real.'
I was inclined to agree with that urge, shoving it in the back of my mind. Instead I went off to find the others as confirmation that I really was back…
I found then on the main deck just as someone said, "The fog is lifting, it's almost morning."
I was glad to see them all with my own eyes as I limped towards them, my tail wagging pathetically.
"Be careful not to crash your ship on the rocks near the shore," An eerie voice said. "And congratulations on your escape. What a nice ship."
Everyone's head, mine included shot around to see a woman in a cowboy hat sitting nonchalantly on the rails.
"WHO'S THAT!" Vivi yelped in shock as I began to growl softly.
"I must tell you Ms. Wednesday; I met up with Mr. Eight just a little while ago…" The new woman said in an eerier voice. Something at the back of my mind was telling me that she had something to do with Crocodile.
"Are you saying… It was you who did that to Igaram…!" Vivi said, breathing heavily.
"Hey! Why're you on our ship anyways!" Luffy demanded from her.
"WHAT'RE YOU DOING ALL THE WAY OUT HERE MS. ALL SUNDAY!" Vivi screamed as I continued to growl at the woman, my ears folding back against my skull.
"Who is it this time! Whose partner is she?" Nami yelped, turning to Vivi.
"She's Mr. Zero's partner…" Vivi told us as I limped up to her side. If anything she'd be Ms. All Sunday's target. Why wasn't Vivi's duck out here helping her? Blah, I'll have to do it for the duck. "She's the only one who knows Mr. Zero's true identity which is why Igaram and I tailed after her to find who the boss as well!"
"Well, technically it was more like I let you trail me…" The woman pointed out to Vivi, placing her chin on her hand.
"Oh, so she is a good guy?" Luffy asked Vivi, crossing over his arms.
"I ALREADY KNEW THAT! AND I BET YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TOLD THE BOSS THAT HIS IDENTITY WAS LEAKED!" Vivi screamed at the Ms. All Sunday, ignoring Luffy.
"Oh, so she is a bad guy!" Luffy exclaimed, coming to a conclusion.
"Just what exactly is your objective!" Vivi yelled at Ms. All Sunday, she needed to stop getting so riled up. It would only encourage this bitch…
"No need to get so worked up," Ms. All Sunday decided to point out. "I only let you follow me because you looked so desperate… And it was too amusing to observe. A single Princess who foolishly thinks she can take on the entire Baroque Works organization and save her kingdom…"
"DON'T YOU DARE UNDERESTIMATE ME!" Vivi screamed at her in rage after a pause.
My growling picked up a notch, with my lips pulling back into a snarling. Suddenly though I cut it off as everyone else went silent. Sanji and Usopp had appeared on either side of Ms. All Sunday, Sanji with a gun, and Usopp with his slingshot.
"Hey… Do you understand what's going on…?" Usopp mumbled at Sanji as she kept his aim on Ms. All Sunday.
"No…" Sanji said, gritting his teeth. "But what I do know for sure is that this woman is a threat to my lovely Miss Wednesday!"
"Would you please mind," Ms. All Sunday started to say as suddenly, without moving a finger Sanji and Usopp were thrown over the railing and towards us. "Not pointing such dangerous weapons at me."
"WHAT!" Zoro exclaimed in shock as he watched.
"IT'S A DEVIL'S FRUIT!" Vivi informed us quickly.
"OHHH!" Luffy said, he sounded interested.
"IS IT A DEVIL'S FRUIT! WHAT ABILITY DOES SHE HAVE!" Zoro demanded loudly.
"WHOA! SHE'S A REAL BEAUTY!" Sanji cried out, suddenly getting up with hearts in his eyes.
"Fufufu… No need to get so riled up," She pointed out to all of us, crossing over her arms. "I haven't come here on any orders nor do I have any reasons for fighting you people."
Suddenly an odd wind swept by Luffy, picking up his hat and flying it though the air and into Ms. All Sunday's awaiting hand.
"So, you're the captain of the Straw Hat pirates," Ms. All Sunday pointed out, staring at his hat. "Monkey D. Luffy."
"AH!" Luffy screamed as he watched his hat. "GIMME BACK MY HAT! SO YOU ARE TRYING TO PICK A FIGHT WITH US ARE YOU NOW! I'VE NOW DECIDED TO SEE YOU AS MY ENEMY, SO COME AT ME!"
"How unfortunate… Small time pirates having to look after a Princess targeted by the entire Baroque Works Organization," Ms. All Sunday said as she placed Luffy's hat over her own cowboy hat. I took a limping step forward, placing myself in front of Vivi as my warning growling started up again. "And a lone Princess having to entrust herself to a few small time pirates… But above all, how unfortunate your route pointed out by your loge pose is… The name of the next place on your journey is, 'Little Garden'. Even if I weren't to lay a singer finger on you, it's still more than likely you'd still never reach Alabasta! Without even meeting Crocodile, the curtains will close on your missions and lives."
"AS IF WE'D JUST ROLL OVER AND DIE!" Luffy screamed at her, his fist clenched to his sides. "NOW GIMME BACK MY HAT!"
"Yeah, how dare you. Y-you big meanie!" Usopp cried from behind the mast he had hidden himself behind.
"How old are you?" Muttered Zoro as he sweat dropped.
"Enough howling, anyone could put up a brave front," Ms. All Sunday said, still smiling as she flicked off Luffy's hat, letting it flip back down to him. "Yet to know of the difficulty that lies ahead and still rush in is an act fit for fools."
She threw something at Vivi, over my head. Vivi caught it and gasped, "An Eternal Pose!"
"You'll be able to write over your future troubles with that. The needle of that Log Pose points to an obscure uninhabited island located right before Alabasta. Moreover, the route you'll be navigating on is unknown to Baroque Works so you won't be followed by anyone either."
"What? Is she not a bad person then?" Nami asked in confusion, she was just as confused as the rest of us though.
"W-Why would you give me such a thing?" Vivi asked her, suspicious of her actions
"It's probably a trap," Zoro pointed out blandly.
"Oh, I wonder about that…" Ms. All Sunday hummed.
Luffy's arm stretched over me and to Vivi's hand, taking the Log Pose out of it, "Enough wasting time."
With that said he crushed the Log Pose in his wands, leaving me gaping. He did seriously just do that didn't he…?
"ARE YOU AN IDIOT!" Nami screamed, kicking him fair across the face. "SHE CAME OUT ALL THE WAY HERE TO TEACH US THE SAFEST ROUTE TO ALABASTA! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF SHE TURNS OUT TO BE A GOOD PERSON!"
"DON'T YOU DARE THINK THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE THE PATH OF OUR JOURNEY!" Luffy raged at Ms. All Sunday, completely ignoring Nami.
"I see…" She whispered, still smiling. "Well, I don't dislike bold men… Let us meet again soon if you survive."
"I don't wanna!" Luffy exclaimed childishly.
I watched silently as she walked off the boat, jumping over the side on to a large turtle. Once she had sailed far enough away I relaxed, my fur settling down again. That was interesting for sure…
"I see… Well, that's a shame I guess that also means that I've still got a chance to shine," Sanji smirked, exhaling a mouth of smoke. "So don't worry! Now that the sleeping Prince has woken your safety is guaranteed!"
"Wow… I'm glad I slept through all that!" Usopp exclaimed as his jaw dropped. Of course he was.
We were all sitting just outside of the main cabin now that we were out and sailing again. Luffy was sitting on the railing; Zoro and I were sitting on the ground and leaning against the railing next to him. Nami and Usopp were standing up and leaning against the railing, Sanji hovering in front of Nami and flirting with her. Vivi stood back from the rest of us, watching for now.
"Are you jealous Nami?" Sanji cooed at her.
"Not really," She replied with her arms crossed, seemingly saying the truth.
"Well you can count on me to back you up! The whole world's talking about whether or not the 30 million bounty isn't actually for my head instead!" Usopp boasted to Vivi whilst holding up Luffy's wanted poster, although it didn't really seem like anyone was paying attention.
"I wonder if it's going to snow…" Luffy mumbled to himself. I hope it did snow again, I love the snow!
"Why the hell would it snow?" Zoro snorted at Luffy's comment.
"You just don't know because you were sleeping when it was snowing the other day," Luffy told him as Zoro gave him an odd look.
"Hey!" Luffy called to the others, turning around to face them. "Do you think it will snow some more?"
"I hope not," Nami said, I bet the snow would make it a pain in the ass for her to navigate though.
I noticed Vivi had been silent the whole time, and I decided to try and get her included. It was killing me to just sit back and watch her. I got up from my sitting position, and limped towards her, wagging my tail.
"Hey, guys!" Usopp called. "What happened to Mamori? She's limping."
I stopped my advance towards Vivi, turning my head to glance back towards Usopp. Took him damn long enough to notice.
"Don't know," Zoro replied with a nonchalant shrug. "It probably happened when she was fighting with the pirate hunters."
Usopp just frowned and walked towards me, squatting down in front of me. He reached out his hand, grabbing my sore paw to have a look at it. Pain shot through my leg all over again and my fight or fight response kicked in. I let out a loud yelp, wrenching my leg from his grip and I took off at run, diving behind Zoro.
I pressed myself against Zoro's side, my head sticking out to look around him sheepishly. I saw the others looking at me with some sort of shock at my overdramatic reaction. Zoro just looked down at me with his eyebrow raised.
"You can't walk up to an animal and grab them like that," Vivi scolded Usopp after a few seconds of silence. "She doesn't know what you were trying to do, you probably just scared her."
Wow, way to make me sound like a dumb brute of an animal. It was just my instincts kicking in, I felt guilty about it already... I bet I scared the shit out of Usopp; he was just trying to help. I looked at him and confirmed my suspicions; he was sitting back on his ass in shock. But at least Vivi was now included in the conversation, right?
Vivi walked towards Zoro and I before squatting down like Usopp did and holding out her hand. She started making cooing sounds, calling me, "Come here doggy, it's okay. We're just trying to help you."
I felt very, very indignant. I was not some dumb animal that couldn't understand anything! I didn't need someone to use the baby talk on me!
To make my point clear I folded my ears back against my skull, growling softly at Vivi for a few seconds. I saw her eyes widen before I cut off the growl. I then slipped out from behind Zoro, trotting towards Vivi. I saw a smile growing on her face as I got close to her, but I quickly wiped it off as I just limped straight past her. I swished my tail in a dismissive way as I waddled past her, heading straight for Usopp.
His eyes widened as he saw me coming towards him and he started spluttering, "I-I'm s-sorry!"
I cut him off with a pissy snort and shoved the top of my head against his chest, pressing it there. He shut up for a few seconds before hesitantly reaching up to pet me. I let out a content purring sound as he did so.
"I-I..." Vivi spluttered from behind me, not really sure how to react to my odd behavior. I heard Luffy burst out laughing from behind me at the same time Zoro snorted amusedly, causing a smirk to cross my muzzle.
"Well, it's not like it never snows or anything, but that part of the Grand Line up to the very first island is special," Vivi started to lecture us. Usopp had wrapped my leg up with a bandage while I fidgeted all the while. It was really uncomfortable and annoying, but not as bad as the time I had to have bandages around my chest. For all Usopp's boasting and lying, he is a really decent person at times. "The 7 magnetic fields that stretch from Reverse Mountain clash together to make things more unpredictable. So you can't let down your guard even for a minute. Even though it would be quiet rare to encounter such bizarre conditions once you've passed the first island, Grand Line is still by far the most difficult ocean to navigate. So, it's absolutely imperative that you never underestimate the sea!"
Vivi suddenly got an angry look on her face, her head snapping around to glare at the main deck. Until that point I had been zoning out on Vivi's lecture, but I kept my eyes on her. It seems though, that everyone had wander off at some point, not paying attention and had sprawled themselves out laxly on the front deck of the ship. I blinked owlishly as I looked at them.
"Anyone up for some special drinks?" Sanji asked them, holding out a platter of drinks.
"YOU BET WE ARE!" Cried Zoro, Usopp, and Luffy. The Duck just quacked along with them.
"ARE YOU SURE THINGS WILL BE FINE LIKE THIS!" Vivi screamed at Nami as came out of the main cabin, holding a drink for herself and offering one to Vivi.
"It'll be fine," Nami tried to sooth her. "They'll work hard when we come across rough seas. It's not like they want to die or anything."
"That's true… But at this rate we might be caught unaware," Vivi pointed out with worry as Nami, Vivi and myself turned our attention back to the slackers on the front deck. They were all sitting in a circle and the duck seemed to be… drinking?
"Oh, looks like the duck knows how to drink!" Sanji exclaimed, smirking. "Tastes good, right? Drink up, buddy!"
"Hey, Usopp can you make us some fishing rods?" Luffy asked Usopp and he sucked at his straw.
"Fishing, eh? Not a bad idea," Zoro commented.
"Sure thing! Let me just fire up my ol' artistic skills to create masterwork fishing rods!" Usopp agreed to Luffy's request.
"Being on this ship sure makes you lose the will to even worry, doesn't it?" Nami asked, drawing our attention back to her.
I let out a loud snort, flicking my tail against the ground in disagreement. I've never worried more in my life since coming on this ship. These guys drive me nuts with the stupid things they get into! And how close the always seem to come to death! I bet I'm already getting grey hairs!
I saw Nami flick her eyes down to me with a curious look before smirking and looking back up to Vivi, "Mamori here seems to act like a mother hen most of the time, but when we are relaxing on the ship she relaxes as well. Who couldn't worry about what these guys get up to when they get off the ship?"
Vivi stayed quiet for a few more seconds before smiling at Nami and I, "Yes… It is quite relaxing..."
I shook my head, smirking slightly myself. I then jumped to my feet, waddling over to the main deck to see what the guys were doing. Too much 'girl talk' over there.
Just as I reached the main deck I heard Sanji point out, "Hey, look! It's a dolphin!"
"Oh, it's so cu…" Nami cut herself off as all our admiration turned into shock and horror.
The dolphin that jumped out of the water seemed to be HUGE. Like 20 times the size of the boat.
"IT'S FREAKIN' HUGE!" Several voices screamed as everyone got into positions.
"Let's run away!" Luffy cried out.
"Aye-Aye cap'n!" Zoro said with a smirk as he ran off to do his job.
I was still standing on the deck by this time, staring at the huge dolphin. You know… Nami is right. In its own way this boat is relaxing because I know these guys will help keep everyone safe. This crew was like one huge family.
I shook my head, limping off to see what I could help with.
"There's no doubt about it. Our next destination is that island!" Nami cried out as we sailed towards the island.
"WOHOOOOOOO!" Luffy cried very loudly, to the point I was sure that everything on the island would have heard him. "OUR SECOND ISLAND ON THE GRAND LINE!"
"We should be careful, I'm worried about what Ms. All Sunday said," Vivi warned us as we all gathered onto the main deck. We slowly began to sail into a river that flowed into the heart of the island. Little Garden? Hmm, what do I remember here? … Dinosaurs and ... Giants…? That sounded about right, it doesn't sound good, but it rangs a bell at least.
"Y-Y-You don't think there are monsters here do you?" Usopp stuttered in worry.
"Beats me," Sanji replied with a shrug, his arms crossed. "But we gotta stock up on food soon, I wasn't able to stock up at the last town. But man, just look at this place. It's like a land yet to be explored by people. The island is thick as a jungle."
"So this is Little Garden…" I heard someone mumble behind me as I crept up to the railing, jumping up to brace my paws against it. My leg was feeling a little bit better now; I could brace some weight on it. But Usopp said that I shouldn't go running around anytime soon.
"Just what about this island is little?" Nami snorted in reply. "And look! I've never seen any plants like these even in my encyclopedia!"
GYAAAA
GYAAAA
The sharp cries had me flinching, my ears snapping back against my skull from the pain.
"KYAA!" Nami yelped, covering her head with her hands. "What was that just now!"
"Terrified Nami is sooo cute!" Sanji swooned at Nami's reaction. "Don't worry; it's just a normal bird. And even this island is nothing but your average jungle."
I turned my head around to watch the so called 'bird' slowly fly towards us. Oh boy, Sanji, you were so wrong!
"A lizard…?" Luffy muttered in confusion as the bird got closer so we could clearly see that it looked like a mix between a bird and a lizard.
Suddenly a loud sound caused the boat to shake, the water surrounding us rippling. I dug my claws into the railing to keep my balance, my ears staying tucked back against my skull.
"Does this sound like your average jungle!" Nami yelped after the sound had stopped.
"That sounded like a volcano exploding or something!" Usopp screamed as he clutched his head.
GRRR
The sound that clearly screamed 'feline' had the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. I watched in shock as a large tiger stumbled down to the water ledge, falling over just as it reached the water. Blood spluttered out of its mouth and side, leaving me to gape at it.
"THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT NORMAL!" Nami swung around to scream at the others. "OTHERWISE WHY WOULD A TIGER, KING OF THE JUNGLE, COLLAPSE IN IT'S OWN BLOOD!"
With a sigh I dropped my paws off the railing, turning around to trot over to Nami. I didn't relish the idea of being on an odd island with dinosaurs and giants, but I wasn't screaming about it. Nami had a bad habit of screaming all the time though.
"Alright, then it's decided. We are not to set foot on this island," Usopp said, nodding his head. By this time I had reached Nami's side and I reached up, poking my nose into her side. She looked down at me in confusion and I just wagged my tail, tilting my head to the side. She sighed and reached one hand down to pat me, seeming to calm down a bit.
"Let's just quietly wait on out ship, and leave the very second log pose finishes recording!" Nami planned, her tone calmer then before as she continued to pet my head. "After all, we have to hurry on to Alabasta as soon as possible."
"Sanji!" Luffy's voice rang out as everyone turned their heads to face him. "Prepare a lunch box!"
Why do I not have a good feeling about this?
"A lunchbox?" Sanji questioned him curiously.
"Yeah, a pirate lunchbox!" Luffy exclaimed, a wide grin on his face. "I smell adventure ahead!"
…Of course he did, of course he fucking well did… What was I going to do with him?