WHO IS SHE?

East Blue Saga - Syrup Village Arc - Episodes 14 - 18

Dakota's POV:

It's a crisp early morning on the ocean of the East Blue; I sit in a little wooden sailboat, staring into the water below, slightly fear of falling in. That was forever a problem when you're a Devil Fruit user like myself and others. Looking over the edge into the abyss as the sails catch the light breeze, moving me towards my destination.

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As the boat moves closer to the island, I can feel butterflies flutter in the pit of my stomach as I look at the area in front of me. It's where I hope to find my annoying Baby Brother, I have already had a run-in with an old friend who knew the brat, so it was easy to find out where he was going next. I move the hood of my leather black short jacket, which matches my pants and hides black leather boots and crop top.

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The boat finally stops at the beachside near a slope going up to the island, which seems to be covered in some type of oil, meaning someone was setting a trap. I hop out of the boat into the shallow seawater, feeling a little drained from the side effects of having a Devil Fruit and quickly make it to the rocky land. I look around, hearing a faint noise from the island's far side. I need a plan.

Reason 1) So I can surprise my Baby Brother, but, of course, I need to find him first, and that shouldn't be hard, as this island is small.

Reason two) I need to know my enemy, which means recon.

I think up a quick temporary plan as I tie up my boat to a rock and hear the roar of people cheering again. Something exciting must be happening now, and I know who is involved—a certain rubber boy.

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Huh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. That was rude of me. I'm Dakota Le Roux, daughter of the notorious idiot Red-Haired Shanks. As you may have heard, Shanks is the Captain of the Red Force and all my Uncles and Aunts who live on the ship, they all love me to pieces, and I love them. My favourite is my Uncle/Godfather, Benn. He's always too solemn, which makes my Father's goofy behaviour more hilarious. So enough about my Father, this is my story that I share with my younger Brothers, I love them, but I need to find my Baby Brother, Monkey D. Luffy. He's always been a troublemaker since I met him with my Dad when I was only 10. So shall we get back to the story?

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I leave my boat docked at the beach and walk around the island's rocky outline, hearing the shouts of people getting closer as I walk, and I know more when I listen to them talking. It was a young woman and a man. As I come around the corner, I see a ship with the figurehead lying in the sand and men all around it looking up the steep slope. All of them seem in shock.

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As I get closer, and that's when my protective nature overcomes me as I watch a sleek man in a black suit with gloves that have long sharp knives on each fingertip. There's a boy around Luffy's age with a long nose as he holds a pistol at the man in the suit. He fires, but the suit-wearing man taps his feet in a sequence on the ground and moves quickly out of the way using his long knife gloves encasing them around the boy's head. My protective older sister gene activates, and I use my Demon Speed to race over to the man in the suit and extend my sharp nails before I stop short in front of them, making my presence known.

I can feel all eyes on me as I step forward and swipe my hand down, cutting at his face; he falls back to the ground with a thud from the shock and force of my hit. "Seems I just couldn't help myself," I mutter and sigh, appearing disappointed with myself. Yeah right. I turn around to see the boy I saved looking at me with tremendous shock along with the others, and I notice one straw hat with a red ribbon around the base at the bottom of the slope, and I know who wears it. I grin and take a dramatic bow before looking up with a broad smirk on my soft pink lips.

"What the hell was that?!" The crew below shouts in shock; I look down to see Luffy pouting as it seems he wants to be the one to hit the suit guy.

"How did she get there so fast?!" They keep questioning.

"She just appeared!"

"But how could she do that?!"

"She really scratched Captain Kuro!" Now that I know the name of the man I hit. I know who he is by reputation in the Golden Campus, and well, he wasn't living up to my expectations, so I look at my Baby Brother down at the bottom of the slope and grin.

"Hey Luffy, you up for the fight?!" I shout at him, and he tilts his head down, shadowing his eyes with the rim of the straw hat and punches his arm forward before slicing it to the side in agreement. I know he had it covered, so I'll have to cover his back along with the others, I'm sure are a part of his small crew, I had heard from my friend. I hear the sound of soft footsteps coming from the forest behind me and turn my head slightly to see three small children, each with their own strange looks. One looked like an onion. He was on the left side, then there was the apple-looking one in the middle and the carrot-looking one on the right—strange little children.

"Usopp Pirate Crew… Reporting!" They cheer before throwing down some hits on the unconscious Captain Kuro.

"You guys!" The long nose kid shouts to the three boys in panic.

"Stop that!" The blond girl cries out in worry for them too.

"Give up." The apple-looking boy orders while smashing down on the unconscious Kuro.

"Kill him! Kill him!" The carrot-looking boy remarks while also hitting him.

"You dare break the peace of this village!" The onion-looking boy cries out, hitting the man; they all seem too naive to think straight as he was someone, even when we were younger, wouldn't have picked a fight with. Okay, that was a lie, but they are normal kids, not like me or my Brothers in any way.

"Quit it!" The long nose orders them, and I know from the way he shoots he is Usopp, son of one of my Uncles, Yasopp.

"What are those brats doing?!" One of the crewmembers below cries out, but I wasn't sure if it was for the kids or the Captain.

"What the hell are they thinking?" I hear a man say from behind me; I look to my right to see him looking worried for the children and see him for what seems like the first time as, to be fair, I was more focused on Luffy and the man who I've knocked unconscious.

"Stop this!" Usopp orders his friends in fear for their lives, "You guys, cut it out!" He warns them, and they finally stop, out of breath from the vicious hits they gave out.

"Yosh! I think he's suffered enough." The apple kid tells his friends as they breathe slowly, looking proud of themselves.

"They've really pissed Captain Kuro off now!" One of the crew comments, and I knew it was true; those kids were in serious trouble now. "Those stupid brats!" The kids seem done with the former Captain, running over to the fragile blond girl and Usopp.

"Captain." They greet Usopp as they run closer to him, happy to see the long nose teen.

"Just as we thought, Captain's fighting them!" The Carrot head announces, seeming glad for that piece of information.

"Why didn't you tell us the truth?" Onion Head asks him, "Are we, insiders? No, outsider?!"

"Whatever!" Usopp snaps at them, wanting them to run. "Anyways, you guys gotta get out of here!" He orders them, "Now!"

"No!" Carrot-head defies him, not seeing the danger.

"We'll fight with you!" Applehead shouts at him, wanting to stay.

"If we run, it brings dishonour to the Usopp Pirate Crew!" Onion-head points out they all seem determined to stay and fight with their friend, but they soon stop seeming overly scared as Kuro gets up behind them, seeming very angry with his large knife gloves pointed towards me. He looks ahead and tries lifting his broken glasses, thanks to the boys. I look at my sharp nails and see the claw marks, still dripping blood, across his face. He raises his glasses with the hilt of his hand, but it just smashes the remaining glass, and he narrows his eyes in annoyance at the three children, who look behind them and scream in fright.

"You morons, hurry up and get outta here!" Usopp orders them, but they seem stuck in fear of the tall man, but he ignores them and goes towards Usopp and kicks him.

"Captain!" The children cry out for their friend as he lands down the slope and slides down slightly.

"Not bad…" Kuro comments, looking at me as I stand near the top but with some distance between him and the Swordsman. "That was a pretty good hit you threw at me there." I smile innocently at him and point at myself comically, not really taking him seriously. "You! You possess the power of the Devil Fruit, don't you?" He asks me, but I know he also questions my Baby Brother.

"Yeah, the Devil Fruit," I answer, smirking with my fangs showing.

"Yeah, the Rubber Fruit," Luffy answers with a smile.

"I'm a Devil Woman, and he's a Rubber boy." I take a shot at teasing my Baby Brother, knowing he hates it when I call him a boy.

"No, I'm a Rubber Man." He corrects me, but still.

"What?! That's bad news." The enemy shouts in panic.

"Those things do exist!"

"No wonder he's so weird!" That one annoys me, and I will kill whoever said that about my Baby Brother as I turn my head to face the crowd at the bottom with an evil glare.

"Jango! I will take care of the woman." Kuro announces, but I shake my head to decline.

"No thanks, I think the kid in the straw hat is up for the fight, though," I tell him, and I turn around, walking past the cute Swordsman, who is looking at me in shock as I just keep walking down the slope as if I hadn't just pissed off Black Cat Pirate Captain Kuro. Oh well, I'll live.

"Very well, Jango; please take care of Miss Kaya." Kuro orders the man in a blue hat as he moves his hands, "She will write the will as planned... " I look over my shoulder to see the blond named Kaya, who looks at Kuro in fear and shock. "Then kill her. And the three ants over there… are an eyesore!" I clench my fists in anger at the thought of the children getting hurt, and I look at Luffy, who gives me a slight nod agreeing with my plan to stop Jango from getting those boys and Kaya.

"Understood." Jango agrees, not even hesitating at his former Captain's orders. If Luffy asked me to murder four people, I would question him entirely or anyone who asks me. That may be my job, but I don't call it murder; I call it an assassination and anyway, most of the people I kill deserved it in one way or another. Jango steps towards the Swordsman, but he blocks his path with one of the swords in his hands, making him stop.

"Stop." The Swordsman orders him in a gruff voice, sexy. "I won't let you pass me." I must admire his resolve as he looks worn down; I know I must protect the kids and Kaya; I need to get to them before Jango can.

"Buchi!" Jango shouts and turns his head slightly to the left to a big guy dressed as a cat wrestler, seeming eager to get the Swordsman again as he jumps high into the sky. That was lame.

"Cat kill, STUMP!" Buchi screams, getting ready to take the Swordsman down as he gets closer, and the Swordsman seems worried about the oncoming attack.

"That again!" He dodges out of the way in time as Buchi lands on the space he was demolishing the ground into rubble. The ground shakes as I try to keep my balance as the rock beneath my feet breaks into pieces. Dust flies into the air covering the immediate area; I try looking around as I stand, seeing the Swordsman in a crouch, ready for an attack. A large hand with long claws strikes out of the cloud of dust to the Swordsman's side; he moves to the side with his sword taking the hit as I hear the clink from the strike. The cat heavyweight wrestler pushes the Swordsman back into the side of the slope and into the cliffside with significant force, making more dust rise. The dust clears to the Swordsman with his foot in Buchi's face as he tries to keep him away; in all the confusion, Jango walks calmly and steadily up the slope past Usopp.

"Kaya!" Usopp cries out, strained from his beaten form; I knew I'd have to make my move to get Kaya out of here along with the kids. I look at Luffy as he stands, waiting for Kuro to make a move when Usopp calls out.

"Usopp Pirate Crew!" It was loud enough to hear but still strained, but they got the message. "Listen to me!" He tells them, still raising his voice.

"We won't run away!" One of them argues back, not getting it.

"He's gone too far!" Another yells down to their Captain. "We'll have our revenge!"

"Protect Kaya!" Usopp orders them; he really does have a big heart. The three kiddies seem shocked as they stay quiet from their beloved Captain's request. "Listen carefully… I will now… Give the most important mission… to you guys. Get Kaya away from here! Don't say you can't. Because… protecting what we cherish most as men is the reason why we formed this pirate crew!" He gives a moving declaration, and I know I have to move. Even if Jango had stopped, for now, he was going to start moving now. I nod to Luffy, who nods back at me, and I turn around, facing the ascending slope, and take a calm walk up, passing the Swordsman and Buchi in a standoff towards the kids and Kaya. I get closer to Usopp, who looks up at me, unknowing of my motives but seems to put some trust in me. Father-like son, I guess. "This is… Captain's order."

"Aye! Captain!" The three kiddies shout out their agreement and dash for the fragile girl. "Kaya, hurry!"

"Come, this way!"

"This way!" They run off into the forest, giving them an advantage over me and Jango.

"Seems I'll have to just get to the killing now," I comment, shocking everyone but Luffy, he was always too dense, but he knew I meant Jango, but that wasn't known to the others. Usopp tries grabbing my leg, but I am too far away from him, and I take out my red leather dragon claw gauntlets; I tighten the straps around my wrists using the suspense. I dash forward, using my speed to drive my elbow into the back of Jango, making him fly onto the ground.

"You bitch!" Jango snaps at me, turning his head first, then his body to face me, and is about to attack me, but Kuro snaps.

"Hurry up and get them, you idiot!" Kuro orders him with a glare looking over his shoulder at his crew member. Jango falters briefly before obeying his Captain's orders and turns around from us.

"Fine!" He snaps and walks off; I hear another set of footsteps coming from the bottom of the slope moving towards us; I turn around to see Luffy walking up the hill with a determined look on his youthful face making him seem almost grown up.

"It's useless...I know exactly how bad Miss Kaya's condition is. She won't be able to escape Jango. You might want to go after them… if you can walk past this slope, that is... " Kuro declares to Usopp with his shoulder leaning back with a menacing look on his face looking up at the sky while saying this to Usopp, still lying motionless on the ground. "Buchi!" He calls out while trying to get to the Swordsman in their struggle.

"You've already lost to me once." The Swordsman states, looking up at the large man with shadowed eyes. "Didn't I tell you not to bother me anymore?!" He asks Buchi, but he doesn't seem to be listening to him. "Outta my way!" He yells at him as he gives a kick to his under chin knocking him back, and the Swordsman gets out his two remaining swords, puts one into his mouth and lunges towards Buchi. The swordsman slices in an X motion at the man hitting his mark; Buchi gasps from the pain, blood gushing out of the two long wounds down his chest. The fight has finished for now. Buchi flies in the air from the hit over the Swordsman. Luffy stops in his steps, looking up. The Swordsman flips his swords towards the scarabs but then throws them into the air; they come back down; he holds out two scarabs in his left hand and one in his right. The swords land perfectly, with quite a bit of showmanship, and then Buchi falls to the ground behind him; I smirk, looking at the defeated form of the large man and turn, seeing the disappointment on Kuro's face. Usopp struggles to reach his feet when cries come from the forest with birds erupting into the sky.

"What… what was that?" Usopp questions, seeming worried for his friends.

"Who knows… Jango's got them covered; maybe you should take a look for yourself. However,… you may be too late already." Kuro answers him, not caring, and Usopp grits his teeth, trying harder to get to his feet.

"You bastard… you've been living under the same roof for three years… Don't you have any compassion for her?" Usopp asks him, shaking slightly from the pain.

"None!" Kuro answers quickly without emotion, "Like I said, Kaya is only part of my plan. After her death, I might then thank her." He says coldly. Even I was shocked at what the pirate was saying, and I was an assassin; yeah, maybe I've heard things worse than this in my time, but it still leaves me shocked.

"Why you…" Usopp spits out, glaring up at Kuro.

"Hopeless Bastard." The Swordsman comments, looking up at the two of them. I stand just in front of him and Luffy, both at the side of the slope.

"I didn't plan to save him in the first place," Luffy states, his teeth bare, looking angrier than before. "Usopp!" He calls up to the fallen boy gaining his attention. "You go with them and look for 'em. Leave everything here to us." He tells us,

"Man, he's already giving me orders. So rude." I pout, looking at my Baby Brother.

"Leave it to us!" The Swordsman agrees with Luffy; I look at Usopp to see him looking down at them in shock then it turns into determination as he tries getting up again. I'm growing impatient and try to walk over to him, but Luffy stops me from moving as he lands a hand on my shoulder with a look.

"Oh, you can still move?" Kuro questions; I narrow my eyes at him and then step forward. "Not bad…" Luffy stops me again with his arm stretching as I try to move.

"Shut up!" Usopp snaps at him, shaking slightly as he tries to stand up. "I won't… let you have your way! You dare betray the villagers and Kaya's feelings! Do you think you can simply do as you please?!" Usopp takes a step forward but falters forwards, landing on the ground.

"Usopp!" Luffy calls out to him in worry for his new friend. Usopp lies with his face to the side, seeming more determined than ever.

"Damn… I can't move a limb." Usopp states in his shaking voice from the pain, Kuro starts laughing to himself and then gives out a loud laugh at Usopp.

"You really amuse me." Kuro tells him, "I betrayed them? Are you kidding me? Everything was planned. This isn't like playing some pirate game where you'd go around pretending to be the Captain! So stay put and don't move. Well, if you do manage to catch up with Jango, you're no match for him. You'd be much safer here." Kuro taunts him, he is getting on my nerves, and I was more than a match for the weirdo.

"Even if I can't… even if I can't, I want to protect… I still want to protect them, for I am the Captain of the Usopp Pirate crew. I am a brave warrior of the sea! I won't allow you to lay a single finger on any of the villagers!" Usopp shouts out with such determination there is a short silence when the Black Cat Pirates erupt.

"What's he up to?" One questions.

"What's he yelling for?" Another asks.

"Yeah look, he's crying!" With that said, they all begin to laugh at the brave boy trying to save his village.

"What a bunch of pathetic losers," I mutter, looking at the laughing pirates with no souls. I see the look in Luffy's eyes. Before I can do anything, he grabs a large piece of rock and holds it above his head before throwing it down at them, casting a sizeable shadow over them. They seem too busy laughing to notice the incoming boulder as it crashes down on them, making them all scramble to get away. Luffy jumps onto the top of the rock, looking down at the pathetic puss on the ground, looking up at him as he glares down at them.

"What's so funny?!" Luffy demands, looking with gritted teeth and a glare to match Satan; they all look up at him shaking in fear, making me smile with pride at him. I know he has it covered, so I take the Swordsman by his shirt and walk up to Usopp, and the Swordsman takes the boy over his shoulder.

"Luffy!" I call down to him, gaining his attention.

"We'll take Usopp and go after the hypnotist." The Swordsman announces, not even looking at Luffy. "Any problems?" He asks, not really caring about his tone.

"Nope! Get goin'!" Luffy agrees, giving us his precious permission, and we leave, going up the slope.

"Sorry…" Usopp apologises, looking at us on the Swordsman's shoulder.

"It would've been faster if I'd gone alone." The Swordsman digs at us; well, I could say the same. "But without your help through the forest, I won't be able to find them." He admits seeming to need to improve with directions.

"Speak for yourself." I tease, smirking at the boys; they look at me as we walk past Kuro as he stands at the top of the slope.

"Hey, you fools, who gave you permission to get past this slope?" Kuro asks us, seeming like he's about to attack us.

"That would be me!" Luffy shouts up to his as he stretches his arm out to the top, distracting Kuro by going for his head; Kuro dodges out of the way to his right. "Go! Zoro, Usopp, Dakota!" He shouts up at us, "One more punch!" He retracts himself, flying towards Kuro, but he vanishes out of the way as Luffy approaches him and stops at the top with a few miss-steps. We make it into the forest, but the Swordsman known as Zoro is already getting lost.

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In the forest, I hear a commotion ahead and start running, with Usopp giving Zoro directions as he keeps getting lost. "Hey! East, go east!" Usopp instructs, aggravated as I try directing the Swordsman to go the right way. "I said east, didn't you hear me?!" He asks as we run in some direction.

"How should I know!" Zoro retorts, getting frustrated. "Just say left or right!"

"Then, go the other way, go to the left!" I tell him getting more frustrated at this well build Swordsman.

"The other way?!" He questions, looking at me in shock.

"Yes! I can smell their scents that way let's go!" I argue, pulling him in the right direction, and we continue to run, but this time in the right direction.

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We finally get close enough to hear the three kids call out for the girl, and Usopp perks up, listening to his friends in danger as Jango seems to have found them. "Found 'em!" Usopp keeps repeating while hitting Zoro's wounds on his chest, making him grit his teeth in pain.

"I'm wounded there!" Zoro warns him when we come to a stop.

"Over there!" I point over across from us to see Jango about to kill Kaya. Before Zoro can even move, I speed over to the two; Jango notices me as I run over to him.

"Shit! She found us!" Jango mutters in annoyance, looking at me as I approach him. Kaya struggles, turning her head to the side to get a better look at me. The three kids gape as I get closer in shock, and Jango does something stupid. "It seems like I have to end this quickly." He moves his blade higher, getting ready to kill Kaya, "Time to die!"

"I won't let that happen!" The brats exclaim in courage and dash towards him with spades in their hands, striking him in the ass. Jango yells in pain from the impact, but it soon turns into anger as the pain begins to subside, and he turns around to face the brats.

"You damn brats!" He grits his teeth and kicks the brats onto the ground with force, but I am close enough now and ready with my claws. "You're too late, redhead!" Jango smirks as he grabs Kaya again, but I knew she'd be fine.

"I don't think so ugly!" I taunt him as I keep running towards him and slice a branch to my right giving Usopp, who's with a very unhappy Zoro, a better view.

"What?!" Jango gapes, looking worried for himself, and Kaya smiles.

"Usopp." She whispers his name as I give a slight smirk to the so-called hypnotist. Usopp takes his time reading his shot, making Jango tighten his grip on Kaya. "Usopp!" She strains out, looking over at him.

"Captain!" The three kids exclaim in happiness at seeing their idol.

"Special Technique: Gunpowder Star!" Usopp exclaims, releasing his slingshot, and it hits Jango in the face exploding on impact, making his glasses fly off and shatter, leaving him unconscious.

"Well, that was eventful," I state, taking off my gauntlets as I talk. "I mean, I didn't even get to kill him; well, I'm not getting paid so no harm." I turn my head, seeing the Swordsman Zoro take off his bandanna, revealing green hair as he ties the material around his left arm. He looks at me, seeming suspicious of me; I wouldn't blame him as we see Usopp before walking back to the slope with Luffy.

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We make it to the slope to see Luffy lying on the ground with his hat over his face with a strawberry blond next to him. I sit down next to him, taking my Father's old hat from him; he sees that it's me and gives his usual goofy smile as I put the straw hat on my head, smiling down at him. I hear footsteps approaching us to see Usopp coming over to us, seeming happier now as the threat to his village has gone. "Thanks. Without you guys, I wouldn't have been able to protect this village." He thanks us though it seems the others and himself did more than me; I don't mind getting thanks for small favours.

"What're you babbling about?" Zoro asks him. "If you didn't risk your own life for this, I wouldn't have done anything at all."

"Same here!" Luffy agrees, but I knew that wasn't the complete truth for him; he always helps everyone, not just for minor reasons.

"All that doesn't matter now." The ginger gleams, holding a large bag of gold in her arms, snuggling into it. "I've got my treasure now." Usopp seems happy with that and laughs, then stops looking up at the ocean before us.

"Thanks to this incident, I've finally decided upon something," Usopp announces, looking soulfully at the vast waters.

"Huh?" Luffy questions looking up at Usopp confused, but he doesn't tell us as he walks off, leaving us all a little confused.

"Well, as interesting as this is, I have a few things to get done. Bye!" I chirp as I place the hat on my Brother's face before getting to my feet and walking away but feel the other two looking at my back, seeming confused by my presence and suspicion.

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I walk around the village as I have finished my business at the post office and collected my pay from my last job, and as I walk around, I see Luffy and his two crewmates walking with Kaya. Luffy notices and waves me over, shouting out as I walk around. "Dakota! Come on! Let's go!" He keeps shouting until I reach him, and we walk with Kaya in the lead.

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We come down to the beachside to see a man with fluffy white hair in a suit standing in front of a ship with a sheep figurehead, and it is beautiful. I gush along with the others at the sight of the beauty of a vessel in front of us. "A caravel!" The ginger gleams, looking at the boat.

"Is this really for us?" Luffy asks the man with his arms to the side in surprise.

"Yes, please accept it," Kaya says in a slightly pleading tone as she smiles at us kindly, along with the man.

"Although it is somewhat old-fashioned, I was the one who designed it." The man announces to us. "This ship's frame and its triple-mast sails are all part of a stern-centred control system. I call it 'Going Merry'! Let me brief you on how to operate it… First, how to turn it on and adjust the power…" The man continues, but the ginger interrupts him jumping in front of Luffy with her arms stretched out.

"Ah! No, no!" She exclaims in slight worry. "You only need to tell me how to operate the ship." Luffy takes no offence as he walks towards the ship, seeming happier the more he looks at it.

"Sure is a nice ship!" He compliments. "The figurehead of the ship is so cool!" I see my little sailboat near the ship and walk over, get my bag of supplies and clothes and walk back around.

"I've prepared everything that's needed to set sail aboard the ship," Kaya announces, smiling.

"Thank you, that's really thankful of you!" Luffy gleams, thinking about the food (meat) aboard the ship; I smack him over the head.

"It's 'really thoughtful of you', you numbskull." I scold him as he cowers before me, looking up at me as he rubs his head. I hear screaming and look to see Usopp, with a large backpack on, rolling down the hill towards us. He knocks into the side of the slope, pinballing off the sides down the ground.

"Usopp!" Kaya exclaims in worry for her hero as he comes towards us faster.

"What's he up to?" Luffy questions, looking up at him, confused.

"Anyways, let's just stop him," Zoro argues, looking with his arms crossed. "He's heading straight for the ship." As Usopp gets closer, the boys lift their legs, stopping the heap but getting Usopp in the face.

"T-Thanks." He says, looking at them with slight pain. Luffy being a dope, accepts the thanks; I shake my head at him and walk off, looking at the ship again.

We get onto the ship, getting ready to set sail and let Usopp have his goodbye with Kaya when he shouts up to us. "You guys, take care too! I'll see you again someday!"

"Why?" Luffy asks him, confused as we look down at him from the ship railing.

"Why… you're really slow, aren't you? I'll be a pirate just like you, so we might meet on the sea one day." Usopp declares, looking confused at Luffy.

"What're you talking about?" Zoro asks him, pointing to the ship as he leans against the railing, looking over his shoulder at Usopp. "Hurry up and get on."

"We're already comrades." Luffy declares, shocking Usopp as he stares at us in his hock.

"C-Captain...I'm the Captain." He cheers, jumping into the air with his fist as he beams.

"Don't be stupid; I'm the Captain," Luffy argues, and the rest of us laugh at their antics, and the other two join us in the laughter.

We take the sails down, getting ready to leave, and the wind hits the sail allowing us to venture off into the vast sea ahead.

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Out in the waters near the last island, Luffy decides to celebrate. "To our new ship and new friends!" He cheers as we clash our mugs of alcohol together in our little circle.

"Cheers!" We all exclaim, smiling, but it soon sobers up as Zoro looks at me suspiciously.

"Who are you anyway?" He asks me, looking me dead in the eye, and the other two do the same as I just smile, then gulp down some of my beer, then put my mug down and look at them, smirking.

"Why I'm-"

Hey, you fabulous readers, thank you for reading my FanFIc; I hope you liked it. Let me know any way you want. Also, I am sorry it took so long. I went on holiday, and there was no internet, and my laptop uses the internet for me to write, and I am sorry I hope you like it. DEADGIRLETERNAL OUT!