Chapter Fifteen
"Do you think Buggy will be alright?" Adam sipped some beer. After leaving their captain on Dawn Island, they decided to take a vacation on a nearby island. The restaurant was nice with its comforting aura and delicious food.
"Yeah, he'll be alright." Toshiro grunted out, without looking up from his food. Adam sighted. Maybe it's time to find another crewmember. A female one.
"I miss the little-"
BAM!
We both looked up to see a woman who held the door open. She was quite a looker if I say so myself. She had white long hair with a kimono. The kimono showed off her fit and curvy body. The most unique thing about her was the ruby eyes. Man, what would I give to have her. I blinked when we locked eyes. And then she smirked.
"Hey there, boys!" she shouted and ran towards us. Toshiro and I shared a confused look. I haven't meet her before. By the looks of Toshiro, he also didn't.
"Wait!" A group of marine appeared at the door. The leader pointed his finger at us. "Stop in the name of justice! Thieves!" Thieves? Ahh Clever move, woman.
"If you guys don't want to be arrested, come with me." The woman suggested. Well we could easily beat these marines. Then the restaurant would kick us out. I don't want that besides this woman seemed interesting.
"Let's go, Toshiro." I grabbed my gun and stood up.
He stared me and sighted. "Fine. This doesn't count, you'll pay next time we have lunch." Dammit. He's smart. I'll give him that.
"Stop or we'll shoot." The marines raised their riffles in warning.
"Lead the way." I said. She grinned and crashed through a window. Okay, that works too. The marines shot but we already leaped after her. Amazingly, she made her way down as if she's a cat. Using poles and stands. Acrobats. We made a thud when we landed on the ground while she backward summersaulted quietly.
"Show off." Toshiro muttered. We quickly made our way towards a dark alley.
"You guys aren't bad." She complimented. Toshiro glared at her. "You made us waste a perfect meal."
I sweatdropped. She awkwardly poked her fingers. "Sorry about that. Besides I needed help."
"We're pirates, lady. We don't help." Toshiro turned to walk away.
"Wait." She grabbed my hand and pouted. How can I resist that face?
"Toshiro, come on. At least listen to her." I said. He looked back to see her face. She weakly gave him a wave. He sighted. "Make it quick."
"Welliwasmindingmyownbusinessthenthisassholethoughtitwasfunnytomakemehiswifeorsomethingsoikickedhiminthenutsandstolehisbelongingsandnowi'mstuckonthisisland." She said that in one breathe. We stopped to process what she said. Then Toshiro laughed. "I like you, Lady."
She blushed. I grabbed her shoulder. "Why don't you join the Buggy pirates?" I suggested. "Pirates?" she wondered.
Slam. "Ow, Toshiro. What was that for?" He hit me really hard. I rubbed my head.
"You're in no position to ask that. That's the Captain's decision." He stated.
"Sure! I'll join you." She agreed. I cheered and lead us towards our ship.
"The Captain's going to love you." I said. She smiled at me. Sigh. What a lovely woman.
"H-hey, wait!"
Akuma Hanako is an interesting woman. She was actually a pirate hunter but due to the accident with the marines. They discarded her as a criminal. And also she was an awesome cook. Can this woman be any more perfect?
"Stop staring at her like a creepy stalker." Toshiro grunted. I flushed. "Am not."
"Yes, you are. Now get ready, it's already been two weeks. The Captain would be waiting for us." He grabbed the sails and mentioned me to the steering wheel. I nodded and followed his instruction. After all, he was the first mate.
"Do you guys need any help?" She walked away from the kitchen towards us. Toshiro nodded and told her to look for any enemy ships. I grabbed the wheel and turned towards the direction of Dawn Island.
I looked at the watch in my wrist. "At this rate, we'll probably reach the island in an hour." I muttered.
A loud splash alerted us to an enemy ship. We turned to see a marine ships. Lots of ships to be exact.
"Umm Hanako." We looked back to see her but she was nowhere to be found. Toshiro glared me.
"Why are you glaring at me?" I put up my hands. This wasn't my fault.
"I'm hoping you'll spontaneously combust." He retorted. "We aren't that famous to have a fleet after us. So Hanako must have done something."
"Guys, I'm here." Hanako ran towards us with a katana in her hand. "Sorry, I had to bring my weapon for defense."
I smirked knowingly. Toshiro ignored me and asked her. "What have you done?" she sheepishly smiled at him. "Umm I kinda lied. I kicked a... celestial's nut."
"What!?" I grabbed her shoulder. She bowed her head. "Do you know how dangerous that is?" I shouted at her.
"Well you got guts, I'll give you that." Toshiro grinned. I shook a fist towards him. "Don't encourage her!"
"Okay guys. Everything is in past, now we got a real problem. Adam, you stay here." I tried to argue. "Protect Hanako and the ship." I immediately agreed.
Hanako eyebrow twitched. "I'm capable to fight and defend myself."
Toshiro ignored her and jumped towards the sea. "Jerk." She muttered.
"A pain in the ass too. But he means well." I added.
"ATTENTION PIRATES! WE HAVE SURRONDED THE AREA! WE WERE INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE THE SHE-DEVIL WITH YOU! GIVE HER TO US AND WE WILL LET YOU GO!" This warning echoed through the area.
I snorted and aimed a canon towards a ship. BOOM. And one goes down.
"FUCK YOU!" I shouted to them. Hanako glared at me. "U-um… FUDGE YOU!" I gave her a thumbs up. She sighted. What did I do wrong?
PURUPURUPURU.
We looked to see the transponder snail ringing. I grabbed the receiver. "Hello?"
"Hey, Guys." Buggy's voice reached me. "Where the hell are you!?" I winced at the noise.
"Umm we're perfectly fine." I mentioned Hanako at the coming cannon balls. She nodded and leaped to the sky and skillfully cut through the balls. The katana shone brightly. I gaped. Wow isn't there anything this woman can't do?
"Hello? Adam, you there?" I broke from my thoughts and concentrated on Captain's voice. "Yeah, I'm listening, Cap."
I grabbed my sniper and took aim. "Are you okay? I hear fighting." And shoot. Bullseye. I saw one of the sniper fell from ship.
"Yeah, we're okay. We're totally kicking their ass." I grinned when I saw the ships collapse one by one. Not bad Toshiro not bad. "Oh by the way, you'll love our new crewmember." She was handling the situation effortlessly. She's not a stranger to danger.
"A crewmember?" He questioned. A cannon dangerously close splashed near the ship. Okay, five more ships to go. Come on, Toshiro why are you being so slow?
"Guess what? She's a cook and a fighter. Also a beauty." I winked at her. She blushed and slide her katana into her sheath. It was beautifully designed. It was black with golden patterns on its squared guard and patterns of trees on its sheath. A red ribbon was connected to the sheath. Wonder what kind of pattern did it have on the blade?
"Really!? Awesome. It was getting boring with you and Toshiro." She laughed at the forwardness of the Cap. I fumed. "Brat."
"By the way, where are you?" I checked the compass. "North-east, why?"
"See you." Click. I put the receiver down and went towards the kitchen. "What's for lunch, Hanako?"
"I made some beef stewed in wine. Do you think the Captain would alright?" she looked at me, worried. "He'll be alright." I reassured her.
Toshiro came upon the deck with splash. He looked at us, seriously. "I'm hungry."
We sweatdropped. "Boy, Toshiro. You were slow." I teased him. "Maybe old age is getting to you."
"Slow!? You try destroying thirteen ships on your own." He seethed. I grinned. "Well I would have done faster than you."
He growled at me. "You wanna go, puny human."
I cracked my knuckles. "Bring it on, fish stick."
Hanako pushed us apart. "Girls! Girls! You're both pretty." She grinned. "Now let's go eat that stew."
We looked away from each other. "Hana-chan saved you from an ass beating from me." I said.
"We all know, I'll beat you black and blue." He retorted.
"Boys." She warned us. We quickly made our way towards the kitchen. Wouldn't want the chef angry at us.
"So what do you think, Cap?" Adam cheerfully asked me. I looked over the woman. She had unusual features but from her fit structure and well maintained katana, I could say she could protect herself. A swordswoman, how awesome! I kept a blank face. Toshiro looked at me. He was ready to throw her off the ship. Wonder what she did to him.
"What? You don't like her." Adam pouted. Hanako herself looked nervous, clenching her kimono tightly. Toshiro sadistically smirked at her.
"Welcome aboard, Oba-chan." I plainly stated.
"WHAT THE HELL, YOU BRAT!?" She shrieked. Yep, she'll fit in nicely.