AN: Hello! A new year, a new chapter. Of course if I hadn't been so blurg this last month I probably would have gotten this chapter out sooner. Like last month sooner...
Anyways I'm still working on DFL and Chains when I have the energy, and when the plot bunnies aren't trying to force me to write other things. If you want to support my work check out the link in my profile and send a few dollars my way.
Mew's adventure chapter 13
Mew attends a Coco party
Or
A Butterfree flaps its wings and someone that was supposed to die lives
The party that is thrown after Arlong is defeated lasts for 4 and a half days. It was only supposed to be for 3 days but there were some interruptions. A double dose of the Marine variety.
It's noon on the second day of partying that the first interruption arrives. Luffy is splayed out across one of the tables that has been set up, belly bulging for the moment with how much food he's eaten. Mew, asleep on his belly, and rising and falling in time to his breathing, doesn't even stir as shouts drift over from the docks.
"Never fear citizens!" A voice shouts from somewhere on the deck of the marine ship that had just dropped anchor at the docks.
"Because! I. Am. Here!" A man jumps from the deck of the ship, managing a perfect three point landing, as he hits the ground in the center of town.
"Um, sorry if this sounds rude but, who are you?" A villager asks before taking a bite out of the noodles that were halfway to their mouth.
"My name is commodore Pudding Pudding and I have come to save you from Arlong." The man looks confused as the villagers all burst into laughter.
'You're too late for that!"
"Yeah, that problem has already been solved!"
"We could use your help getting Gosa fixed up though!"
With each reply from the villagers Pudding Pudding visibly deflated, the cloud above his head growing larger and darker as rain poured from it. After that it didn't take long before most of the marines were dragged off to help with either repairs on Gosa village or the ongoing party. Pudding Pudding himself marched slowly over to the table Luffy was asleep on.
"Aren't you that pink cat thing that everyone is up in arms about?"
Mew lifted its head to stare at the man. "Mew?"
"All the islands in the East Blue and I happen to land on the one with the creature that everyone is looking for." He eyed Mew for a couple of seconds before he reached into his coat and pulled out a transponder snail.
"This is Commodore Pudding Pudding of the 77th. I need to speak to Sengoku immediately. I've encountered the pink cat thing. Yes, it's currently staring at me. Yes, it's making me extremely nervous."
Pudding Pudding felt sweat dripping down his brow as Mew continued to stare at him unblinkingly. Finally the call connected and he could see as Mew's ears perked up.
"Report."
"Mew, Mew!" The Pokemon disappeared and reappeared instantly in between Pudding Pudding and the snail.
"Oh dear god not again."
"Ah not quite sir, this is Commodore Pudding Pudding. I've got the creature apparently known as Mew here with me."
There was an explosive relieved sigh from the snail as it visibly brightened. Mirroring Sengoku's expression.
"Alright Commodore, what can you tell me about it? All we've got is that the creature was pink and vaguely cat shaped."
Pudding Pudding looked down at Mew. Whose head was tilted impossibly back so it could stare up at him with those soulless black eyes.
"Uh, well it is pink and has a body that's sleek almost like a cats. Soulless-"
"Mew!"
"I mean large and expressive and not at all soulless black eyes! The tail is about as long as the creature's body and has this strange bulge at the end. It doesn't have any fur, it's skin is just that noted pink color."
"What about its companions? Reports on them have been rather mixed."
"Well only one is here presently, a black haired young man in a red vest, blue shorts, wooden sandals, oh and a straw hat."
"..."
"Sir?"
"Garp! Wait, he's not back from his mission yet and hasn't checked in the last few days. Commodore, keep an eye on the situation but do not act at this time. Ka-click." The snail call cut off at that point, leaving the transponder snail to return to it's normal placid expression.
Pudding Pudding looked down at Mew. The Pokemon still looking up at him. "So…know any good board games?"
Mew grinned.
The next interruption occurred just as the party was finally starting to lose steam at the end of the third day. The corrupt captain Nezumi and his men arrived to collect all of the money that Nami had hidden away. Unfortunately for Nezumi and his men he ended up encountering Luffy and Zoro. Then with the kind of skill usually only seen in stuck up nobility, or bards, proceeded to repeatedly insult the pair.
Luffy and Zoro happily beat the stuffing out of Nezumi until he eventually fled with his metaphorical tail between his legs. While all this was happening, Pudding Pudding and his men were getting fleeced out of every single berri that they owned, due to the combined gambling skills of Nami and Mew.
Afterwards, Gin finally managed to corner his new captain and question him about what Gin's job was supposed to be on the ship.
"Shihihihi! That's easy, you're our designated Sane Man. When everything ends up getting too crazy and out there it's your job to bring everybody back down to earth!"
Gin didn't have anything to say to that astounding display of logic so he just grunted and walked off. Already he could tell that he had the most difficult and thankless job on the entire ship. Not that that was anything new after working under Krieg for so long.
Either way, Nezumi's departure injected one last surge of energy into the party making it last one more day. But all things must come to an end and the Strawhat crew had other places to visit. They waved goodbye to the people of Coco village, who had just realized that Nami had stolen all of their wallets.
Waved goodbye to a Pudding Pudding who was desperately raising money to buy the deed to his ship back from Nojiko. Finally they sailed off into the sunset, just as Mew slapped it's paw down onto the map. Their next destination? Loguetown.
Marineford
"So let me get this straight Garp. You handed control of the ship you borrowed to Morgan so that he could chase down the pirate that defeated him because you felt it was the right thing to do. Then because Morgan had your ship, you had a mini vacation on an island full of exotic animals. Am I correct so far?"
Garp nodded as he chewed on a rice cracker. A package of which Garp had stolen from Sengoku's desk.
"While on that island you ended up fighting this black and pink bear."
"Bewear sir." Garp said as Sengoku gestured to the bear Pokemon that stood placidly beside Garp.
"Ended up fighting this Bewear when this trio." Here Sengoku gestured to the three people standing, or at least pretending to, at attention along the wall.
"Rocketed out of the sky and crashed to the ground near you. Whereupon for some reason you decided that they would make excellent Marines and recruited them?!"
"They did survive a high speed impact with no major injuries sir."
Sengoku glared at Garp, one eyebrow twitching violently, before he sunk down into his chair. "Fine. Why don't the three of you introduce yourselves."
The trio paused for a moment before falling into what Sengoku was quick to realize was a very well rehearsed scene.
"Prepare for trouble." "And make it double."
"To protect the world from devastation." "To unite all people within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love." "To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jesse." "James."
"Team Rockets blasting off at the speed of light." "So surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth that's right."
Total silence.
"Garp."
"Yes, Senny?"
"Get the hell out of my office, get the hell off of Marineford and go back to vacation until I call you."
The five Marines quickly scampered out of the room as Sengoku began to glow gold.
"And take your new crew mates with you!" Sengoku shouted as he slammed the door to his office shut and stomped over to his desk. He pulled out a bottle of Scotch and a shot glass. He splashed some of the golden liquid into the glass before chugging the contents of the bottle in one go.
"I need to retire… wait, did that cat thing just talk?"
