Hello all! Thank you for alerting and reviewing and alerting, i am back! with three updates in a row! :D It always makes me happy. Any way here is the chapter.
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Time on the Sea
Chapter Eleven
It's been a day since the fight with Klahadore, who was really named as Kuro and Kaya has called us to the docks for a surprise. Luffy and I bounce all the way there. And we find Kaya and one of her butlers, Merry.
She then unveils the Going Merry, a ship she is giving us, it's a caravel build with a ship's head at the bow.
"Wow, it's amazing Kaya, Merry. Thank you!" I hug them.
"Merry Explains to Nami how to sail it while Zoro, Luffy and I explore. There is a galley with a kitchen, large table, and a small couch a stick with a mini merry on the top is the wheel thingy (forgot what it's called…). In that room is a trap door which leads into a larger room with two desks, two beds, a couch, and bookshelves.
This is the girl's room. On the deck is another trap door that leads to the boy's room, a large space with hammocks hanging around.
There is a crow's nest on top of the main mast, and a cannon in the storage room. A bathroom is connected to the back of the storage room.
"This ship is amazing!" I exclaim hopping back onto the island, Luffy hops down as well.
"Thank you!" he thanks
Zoro stays on the ship, leaning against the railing. "Hey, he's coming." He points out on the island, and a scream is heard,
Usopp comes rolling down the large hill, a crazy huge backpack on his back. Luffy stops him with his foot before he rams into our new ship. Kaya becomes quiet, and I hug her quickly with a smile and climb aboard the ship again with Nami. Usopp talks about meeting sometime on the seas, when Luffy stops him "Get on, we're leaving"
Zoro smiles "You're already on the crew idiot!"
Usopp breaks out in smiles "ok, I'll join, if I'm the Captain!"
"NO! I'M THE CAPTAIN NOT YOU!" Luffy yells, I laugh along with Zoro, Nami sighs
Luffy boards, and we get the ship ready to leave, letting Kaya and Usopp say their good byes.
"Off we go! To the grand line!"
It has been a week on the Going Merry, and I have allowed everyone *cough* Zoro to settle in to our new home, but now it is time for a well-deserved prank that I haven't had the pleasure to perform.
Cue the James bond music! I walk around of Merry Go; my target is sleeping against the railing, his green hair out in the open. The bucket in my hand has a special liquid that Usopp has helped me make, taking a last peak inside, I cringe at the color.
So sneaking behind the sleeping swordsman, I rise up with silent difficulty, one arm + bucket= is heavy bucket, the bucket just about to pour, when he turns, eyes wide and about to yell. The bucket drops on his head, the liquid running down his body. "Melody…" he growls, taking off the bucket I explode in laughter, and bolt away, around and around the ship keeping clear from him,
"GET BACK HERE!" he runs around, trying to find me.
I watch as the now pink haired swordsman runs into Nami who bursts out laughing, he growls again and stomps around the deck, I whip passed him, causing him to try and grab me, but fails. Then Luffy and Usopp come out from the storage room, with the canon, pushing it to the railing, Luffy gets a look at Zoro, and falls into the water laughing, Usopp falls to his knees, holding his stomach. Zoro hops in after our laughing captain, and brings him back onto the ship. He continues laughing, when he wakes up.
Zoro, now fed up, "What the hell is so funny!" I stop at the top of the mast, watching for his reaction, and giggles silently.
Nami, between laughs holds up a compact mirror for Zoro to see his reflection.
Zoro is quiet for a full minute. As Nami, Luffy and Usopp's laughter dies down, Zoros face darkens.
Then suddenly, Zoro screams, grabbing at his hair, his bright, neon PINK hair.
I break out laughing, losing control and fall landing right in front of the freaking out Zoro.
He pounces at me, as I laugh, he grabs my shoulders, shaking me back and forth yelling "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY HAIR? IT'S PINK! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
I'm laughing "Pink haired Zoro!"
He growls once more, and throws me into the ocean "Oh oh…" everyone says and my head hits the water.
In the water, I stare up at the surface, one arm scratches my head, as I slowly sink, sitting cross-legged. Damn who's going to get me out of here? Nearing the ocean floor I start running out of air and notice the form of Zoro swimming down my way.
I smile up at him, the pink in his hair still holding, even in sea water. I wave a bit. He frowns, and grabs my arms, pulling me up to the surface.
I gasp, taking in as much air as I can, as Zoro throws me onto the deck, I grunt slightly from The landing
"Ha ha, Zoro you're mean…throwing a devil fruit user into the ocean. Were you trying to kill me?" I ask sweetly, between coughs.
Zoro comes up, the pink washing out of his hair "Awe… the color washed out…" I wine.
He growls and stomps up to the top deck. Leaving Nami to go back into the Galley and the other boys with me.
"So, boys what are you doing?"
"We're going to take practice shots with the cannon." Luffy smiles
"But, we're pirates right? We have a ship, but no pirate mark. Let's get a mark first."
Luffy gasps "You're right! I'll go make one!"
10 minutes later, and dry, changed into a purple t-shirt and black skirt, Luffy rushes out of the galley with a large black cloth with a really bad drawing of something unrecognizable on it.
"Hahaha! What do ya think?"
Zoro joins us, glaring daggers at me, obviously not over me turning his hair pink but he turns to Luffy's horrible drawing.
"Calling him artistically challenged would be an understatement…" Usopp's mouth hangs open.
"No… this could be some sort of abstract art…" Nami reasons,
"Nope, Luffy's just shitty at drawing." I sigh,
"A pirate's flag should be a symbol of death, but this flag is… I guess quite terrifying in a sense…" Zoro says
Luffy laughs "It's great!"
"You're beyond terrible! Leave the drawing to me!" Usopp draws another flag, this on looks absolutely different, spotting Usopp's slingshot
"You completely changed the symbol!" Luffy and Zoro yell, whacking him on the head. Nami and I sigh.
"It's awesome!" I smile, Usopp has drawn a better flag, a smiling skull and cross bones, wearing a straw hat, identical to Luffy's.
"That's great draw one on the sail later too!" Luffy nods
"It doesn't look even remotely like the other one…" Zoro points to Luffy's fail of a drawing.
Half an Hour later, thanks to my speed, Usopp has put the symbol on the large white sail on the main mast.
"It's done!" I sigh a breath of relief, and throw the brush into the empty paint bucket.
"Yeah well I'm honed my artistic talents by drawing on the walls of people's homes for years. I'm quite the master artist, you know" Usopp smiles with a cheesy grin.
"With this, our pirate ship "Going Merry" is ready for action!" Luffy cheers bringing out some beer for everyone and we toast.
"Hey, Usopp, can I ask you something?" I ask, the next day.
"What is it Melody…"
"Can you paint a lightning bolt on some of my clothes? I can never get it right"
Usopp smiles happily "No problem! Leave it to me!"
"Great, wait, can you also as the crew's symbol?"
"Yep"
"Great!" I smile and show him to my clothes. After he's done I change into some of them. Now wearing a flowing red skort with a yellow lightning bolt on the side of it, the straw hat symbol beside it, also my purple shirt has the lightning bolt on the back of it. I head out onto the deck to do some stretches while a cannon fires. I charge onto the deck to see Luffy at the cannon.
Usopp and Zoro gather around him, so I join.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Asks Zoro.
"I'm testing out our cannon; it'd be a waste not to make good use of it!" Luffy looks out at his target; a large rock sticking out of the water "But I can't hit it…"
"Stand aside, my amateur friend!" Usopp aims at the target. I sigh, the cannon fires, connects to the rock, exploding it.
"Holy Crap! You hit it on your first shot!" Luffy stares dumb founded at the broken rock, I smile "Great shot Usopp"
"You're right I did!" Usopp says shockingly, "I mean, of course I did I'm an expert when it comes to all things aiming…"
"I've decided! You can be our sniper!" Luffy smiles, I laugh, and we walk into the Galley for some lunch.
As I make everyone food, it takes twice as long, but I refuse any help, I'm not a good cook, but it's editable. Mac and Cheese!
I serve it, and then Luffy cries out "Hey, I just had an idea!"
"Oh man…" I whisper
"There's still one very important position of a pirate crew we need to fill before entering the Grand Line!"
"That's right we do have this fantastic kitchen after all, we can't have mac and cheese every day" Nami reasons
"Hey!" I reply but stay silent after that grumbling slightly, she's right…
"An indispensable (A.N I really don't know what this means…. But I thought I'd put it in) crew member for long voyages." Zoro smiles
"You think so too, right?" Luffy points, and laughs "Yup, what a pirate ship crew really needs is…"
I shake my head knowing what Luffy's gonna say of course, it's all he's been going on about before we left home.
"A musician!"
"Are you stupid?" Nami and Zoro scream at him, I sigh
"Geese Luffy…." Usopp slams his head on the table.
"Do you have any idea what sailing on the seas is like?" Nami screams
"B-but a pirate's gotta sing!" Luffy whimpers
"Luffy, we need a cook first!" I reason to my captain, lifting a glass to drink from.
"But Melody-"
"COME OUT YOU DAMN PIRATES! I'M GONNA SLAUGHTER ALL OF YOU!" a voice rings out from the deck, scaring the life out of Usopp, and making me gag on my water.
Destruction sounds come from the deck as well. So Luffy bursts out of the door "Hey! Just who do you think you are?"
The unidentified man asks "Who am I…? I should be asking… WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" I hear something break. And Nami slams the door shut, her and Usopp looking out the little window, I continue drinking my water. And Zoro asks "How many out there?"
"Just one I think…" Nami answers
"Oh, then just let Luffy deal with him."
I put my glass down, and look out the window
"-KILLS MY PARTNER!" I hear the guy yell. Some fighting sounds come from the deck and I hear some talking and Luffy yells "DON'T WRECK MY SHIP!"
Something is thrown against one of the ship's walls. So Zoro gets up, and walks outside. "Huh… Hey! Johnny?" I hear him asks.
"They know each other…?" asks Usopp,
"Just what's going on?" Nami sighs
It ends up that they guy who attacked Luffy is Johnny a bounty hunter that used to work with Zoro for a while, his partner, Yosaku is sick and they were resting on the rock that Usopp shot with the cannon, Yosaku is just suffering from scurvy, from lack of nutrients found in fruits and vegetables. Nami instructed Usopp and Luffy to feed the guy limes and lemons. And Yosaku got up, dancing around with his partner, only to end up falling over again, needing rest.
"Let this be a lesson to everyone!" I say,
"These are the kinds of dangers we'll have to fight on long voyages, like the grand line" Nami explains.
"We need a cook, definitely!" Usopp says, leaning against the mast.
"Alright, I've decided then! Let's go look for a sea cook! Eating good food is never a bad thing!" Luffy drools.
"Bro!" Johnny sticks his hand up, like a grade schooler.
"What is it Johnny?" asks Zoro
"If you're looking for a cook, I know just the place. Of course getting one to join you is another matter altogether…"
I smile, I wonder who it is gonna be...
"A restaurant on the Sea!" asks Luffy excitedly
"That's right, you should be about to reach it from here in 2-3 days. But it's close to the grand line, so you gotta be careful; there are lots of dangerous guys around those parts." Johnny turns to Zoro "Even that "Hawk-eyed man", you've been looking for has been sighted there before."
I cock my head to the side when Zoro's face darkens.
"If it's alright with you, I'll lead the way!" Johnny offers
"ALRIGHT!" luffy, Usopp, and Nami cheer.
"Ugh… it's been two days… are we there yet?" I wine, while mopping around the deck with Luffy.
"We're here at the restaurant!" Johnny calls
"Everyone, it's here!" Yosaku says as well.
"What he are!" I sit up quickly, and Luffy jumps to the railing to get the first look "Ahh!" I join him.
"Oh!" I hear Usopp exclaim from the crow's nest.
Zoro just opens his eyes from his nap on the deck and Nami steps out of the galley. The restaurant named Baratie is a large three level decked ship, with two masts and the overall look of a giant fish.
"What do you think everyone?" Johnny exclaims
"FOOD!" I yell, my stomach growling
"What a huge fish!" Luffy exclaims
"Wow" Nami stares
"That's so funky!" Usopp has the same expression as Luffy, excited.
Then a marine ship pulls up beside our Going Merry, "Hello there!" a man calls from the ship "Are you pirates?"
"YEAH!" luffy yell's stupidly back
"I am Lieutenant Full-body of the marines, die!"
The ship shoots a cannon ball at merry; Johnny and Yosaku duck "Leave it to me! You can have your cannon ball back! Gomu, Gomu no… Fuusen!" Luffy blows himself up like a balloon and deflects the cannon ball; it lands right into the restaurant.
"Just who are you giving it to, you dumbass!" Zoro scolds. Luffy sweat drops and begins sweating nervously, he deflates and falls onto the deck, everyone stares wide eyed at the hole in the restaurant, even the marine, becomes nervous.
Nami recovers first and punches him on the head. I sweat drop looking at Johnny and his partner cowering on the ground, a bunch of wanted posters spill out of Johnny's jacket, Nami and I help pick them up when I spot Pandaman, Woah! Is this, Pandaman? I search my memory for panda, remembering my friend lily telling me about him.– His bounty is 33,333,333 beli. (Hint, hint, who might be showing up? Google him if you don't know who he is)
Nami picks up a poster and freezes, her hands tighten, crumpling the paper. "Nami…?" she is silent and walks away. Johnny, Yosaku and I shrug.
We sail away from the marine, and dock on the other side of the restaurant ship. I kick Luffy off and have him go talk to the head chef and apologize for the damage.
We wait for a full hour, for our captain to come out, but he doesn't. Nami starts tapping her toe on the deck, and drumming her fingers.
"Let's go eat" she decides, and we head inside. Johnny and Yosaku stay behind to watch the ship.
Luffy has to work for a full year as a dish boy at the restaurant, because the Cannon ball that fell landed on their head chef, he'll live though.
We're seated, and food comes to our table, we hear a ruckus in the kitchen, plates breaking and yelps of pain, and then Luffy walks out, "Hey Errand-boy!" Nami smiles
"Hear you have to work here for a full year…" Usopp starts giggling.
I take a bite of my pasta and meatballs, savoring the taste. OH hell, this is the best food I have ever eaten in my entire life!
"Would it be alright to re-draw the flag?" Asks Zoro, Luffy gets mad, "You're going to leave me here to work, and eat delicious food all by yourselves? How selfish!"
"Aw, Luffy no hard feelings, but this food is just so~ good, you have to get a chef from here to join the crew!" I take a mouthful of soup that explodes with flavor on my tongue.
"It's a free world; we can do whatever we want" says Zoro facing Usopp. Luffy out of the corner of my eyes, picks his nose and drops the bugger into Zoro's water glass.
OH, NO… oh god! Do it! Do it! I watch as Zoro picks up his glass, bringing it closer to his lips I hold in my giggles.
"But I have to admit, the food here is great." Zoro says normally, Usopp, Nami and I are about bursting trying to contain ourselves. Zoro, in a spilt second grabs Luffy's face and shoves his bugger infested water down his rubbery throat.
We all crack; and burst out laughing, holding my sides I watch as Luffy stretches his tongue, trying and scrape off the germs, and tears blear my sight. Our laughter echoes in the restaurant, some of the other customers giggle along with us, other glare. Usopp coughs from the lack of Oxygen.
"Zoro! That's gross!" Luffy yells, witch only makes me laugh more.
A sandy haired man, wearing a tux appears between Nami and me as our laughter dies down with fruit cups "My beautiful ladies, fruit parfait on the house" I giggle a little, but accept the food.
"Thank you" Nami accepts the cup, with a flirty smile
"Thanks" I say to the blond, a huge smile on my face. I take the first bite of the fruit "This is amazing!"
"Thank you Melody-Kun! Only the best for the ladies, I hope to win your hearts with my cooking" he swoons, doing a wiggle dance, with hearts in his eyes.
"Oi!" I get the cook's attention and take a little bite of apple. "Don't flirt with me?"
"But why, my precious Melody-kun?" he swoons some more, and places a hand on my shoulder.
"Cause I'm Married." I punch him in the face, sending him into the far wall.
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Sanji looks like he had a heart attack, stroke, and seizure all at the same time, falling down the wall to the ground, twitching slightly.
Zoro, Usopp and Nami spit the food/water they were eating all over the table. And stare wide eyed at me, as I calmly eat my fruit cup. "Married?" they yell. OMG, don't laugh, don't laugh this is too funny! I hold it in. "Yep!" I smile sweetly, sneaking a look at Luffy
"Who? Who was it that dares marry my beautiful Melody-Kun?" Sanji rowers, off the ground, and beside us again. Fire blazes in his eyes.
I point to the straw hat wearing teen "Luffy" he just laughs, and agrees "Yep, we're going to be King and Queen of the Pirates."
Nami, Zoro, Usopp and Sanji's eyes become wide, almost popping out of their heads in astonishment "Luffy? (!)" They question. Sanji yells and rushes at the captain, placing a kick right to the side of his head "How dare you do that to Melody-Kun!"
"SANJI!" I yell, standing up from the table, my fruit left unfinished "If you dare hurt Luffy because of my marriage to him I will hurt you so much your grandchildren will feel it, if you're lucky to even have any after I'm done!"
The entire restaurant goes silent, and Sanji's face pales, a hand protectively covers his man jewels.
I sit again, and continue enjoying my tasty fruit cup, Dumbass.
Usopp, Nami and Zoro are quiet, too shocked to say anything, but Zoro, Usopp, and Luffy wince at my threat, slightly sorry for any guy to get on my nerves.
Nami gets a sparkle in her eyes, grabbing my good hand she pulls me out of the restaurant "No! I'm not finished my fruit!" I use my foot to hook on the door frame, but she pulls me loose, and we leave the boys dumb struck.
"Luffy?" they turn to the airheaded Captain.
How can he get that lucky? They think.