Whisky Peak

It's been a few days since we left Laboon and the old man, the weather has changed a lot since we've been sailing. Right now, I'm in my room watching the snow falling from my window.

"It's been so long since I've been in the Grand Line, I forgot how crazy the weather gets," I admit.

"Yeah," Emerald says.

I take her into my hands and set her on my shoulder. "Remember to keep contact with my skin or you'll get cold."

"I know!" she squeaks. "You're like a heater!"

I chuckle. "I guess so. My fire powers make my body always warm. Not heat nor cold affects me. Now, let's go see what everyone's doing." We walk up the stairs to the deck.

Luffy and Longnose seem to be in a snowball fight.

"Who's the amateur now, huh?" Luffy shouts, carrying a giant ball of snow and chasing Longnose. He smacks it into Longnose, and it makes an impression of his body in the snowball then Longnose picks it up and begins chasing after Luffy.

"Come back here and face your murder!" Longnose shouts.

Sanji is scooping the snow off the ship as the two bicker. Suddenly lightning zaps in the sky and strong winds blow. Nami randomly screams then she begins ordering us around to steer the ship in another direction. We finally get out of the giant storm, and Zoro finally wakes up.

"I'm rested," Zoro says while stretching. He looks at everyone spread out on the deck with me sitting on the rail next to Luffy, looking out at the ocean. "Come on, the weather's nice and all but that's no reason to be lazy. We better be on the right track, that's all I can say."

"Shut up, bastard," I grumble.

Zoro looks at our two newcomers. "What are you two doing here?"

"You fool!" Mister 9 shouts.

"We're on a side mission to take them home," Luffy says. "Their town's called Whisky Peak."

"Since when do we become a transport service for thugs? We don't owe them anything," Zoro says.

"I don't know," Luffy says, clapping his feet together.

Zoro scoffs. "Why did I even ask?" He bends down in front of the two. "So, tell me your strange names again, cause I don't think you can be trusted."

They shrink back. "Well, my name is Mister 9."

"I'm called Miss Wednesday."

"Right," Zoro says with a creepy smirk. "You know? Those names sound familiar, and that's what's bothering me. In fact, the more I think about it the more I'm certain I've heard them somewhere before." The two let out a terrified squeak. "Or maybe I haven't." Nami then punches the back of his head. "Ugh! Yeeaaa..."

He knows of Baroque Works? Of course he does. He was probably recruited.

A dark, angry orange like aura begins surrounding Nami. "You jerk. You think you can just sleep while we do all the work?! You're lucky we didn't toss your lazy ass overboard!"

A dark, angry green like aura then surrounds Zoro as he turns around to Nami. "Errr!"

Nami then proceeds to kicking his ass as the two thugs shrink back in fear. "Listen up everyone!" Nami shouts. "There's no way to know what happens next. During the terror, most of us just experienced, I came to an understanding of why this was named the Grand Line."

I kinda zone out as I turn back to look at the water to see an island coming in vision.

"That looks like Whisky Island," Emerald says.

"It seems so," I say.

The two thugs decide to jump off the ship and swim to the island.

"Idiots," Emerald says.

I chuckle. "They just couldn't wait. Whatever."

"I'm weighing the possibility of monsters out there," Usopp says, shaking.

"There's no need to worry," I say. "There's not any monsters out there."

"How would you know?" Usopp fusses.

"Because I don't sense any," I admit.

They end up not taking my advice and end up freaking out. The fog begins to roll up, making us see outlines of shadows around us. Cheering is soon heard and then the fog begins to clear up. They all begin cheering for us for being pirates. We dock and are greeted by the mayor of the town.

"Oh great, I'm Luffy. Nice to meet you. Nice hair, I like the curls."

"You'll find that this island is a place that thrives on making liquor and music. Our hospitality is a matter of pride in this town," the mayor goes on. "Smiles run long and the liquor flows is bountiful as seawater. Would you permit us to throw you a party in honor of your arrival? So that we may–" He clears his throat and sings a little then picks up where he left off. "-hear your tales of adventure."

"We'd be glad to!" Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp cheer.

"Idiots," Nami and I say.

"By the way, how long till the log pose records this island's magnetic field?" Nami asks.

"Log what?" Igaram, the mayor, says confused. "Oh. Such boring details we'll have to keep for now..."

I once again zone out as I don't care. "Something's not right..."

"I have the same feeling," Emerald says.

"Emerald, I want you to stay on the ship," I command. "Protect the ship."

"I got ya," Emerald says and flies back onto the ship.

They end up taking us to a building with a wall full of wanted posters, honoring them like they worship them.

"Whoa!" Luffy exclaims, looking at a picture. Thus attracting the attention of the rest of the crew.

"What is it?" Zoro asks.

"Look at this bounty!" Luffy exclaims, pointing to a picture of me as The Demon.

"6.666 billion?!" Usopp shouts.

"She must be really tough!" Luffy shouts.

"Who you looking at?" the mayor asks, walking up to us. "Oh, The Demon?"

"Yeah, that's a really big bounty," Nami says shocked.

"I've heard about her from stories," the mayor says. "She's the strongest female pirate known everywhere in the world and one of the strongest in the world. She has Devil Fruit powers of a demon known as the Demon Demon Fruit. She has a long tail, large wings, claws, and fangs. She's at a tall, 15 foot 5, slicing through enemies as if they were butter. She has such a high bounty for killing many world known marine captains, pirates, celestial dragons, bounty hunters, and giant creatures bigger than 3 large islands combined."

"S-scary!" Usopp and Nami squeal.

"She's known to be a four swords swordswoman, using her tail to hold one, two in her hands, and one in her mouth," the mayor continues. "She's considered one of the four Yonko being known as the fifth. She hasn't been seen for 30 years or so though."

"I want her to be part of my crew!" Luffy fusses.

I sigh. I already am a part of the crew...

"Idiot!" Nami shouts. "There's no way a legend like that would join this crew! Besides she's probably too old now!"

Ouch...

We eventually get the party started and end up having lots of fun until dark. Usopp telling lies, Sanji surrounded by girls, and Luffy stuffing himself with food. Nami, Zoro, and I end up getting into a drinking contest. I obviously will win since a demon can't get drunk off of human liquor. I end up drinking everyone under the table, winning the prize money. All the others end up passing out, and I go ahead and act as if I'm asleep just to see what the town's people are up to. I knew the liquor was drugged.

"They've worn themselves out partying and are fast asleep," the mayor says. "Sweet dreams, brave adventurers."

All the villagers leave the building, leaving us all by ourselves. I sense some standing outside, blocking the door. "I knew this was a setup. Get up, Zoro. I know you're awake."

He sits up. "How'd you know?"

"You took a nap on the boat. There's no way you can be sleepy. Plus, I know you could drink more than Nami ever could."

"Hey!" she complains, sitting up.

"I knew you were awake," I chuckle. "You both felt something was off, huh?"

"Town's don't just celebrate pirates coming to their town. It just doesn't work that way," Nami says.

"Yeah, well, I'm going to go investigate," I say, standing up. "Coming, Zoro?"

"You know it," he responds, getting up.

We climb up to the roof to see four people below us talking. We sit down, crisscrossed.

"30 million belly?!" three of them shriek.

"For those morons?!" Mister 9 shouts.

"Don't be foolish," the mayor scolds. "Appearances can be deceiving. That goes for–" He clears his throat then sings. "-that goes for all of you."

"I'm sorry," the big muscle girl says.

"It's no matter," the mayor says. "Our prey has been trapped and that's news the boss will enjoy. For now, confiscate everything of value from their ship."

"So, what do we do with them now?" the muscle girl asks.

"Kill them?" Mister 9 suggests.

"If they die the bounty drops 30 percent," the mayor says. "The government prefers public executions. Now go. I want them alive."

Zoro draws one of his swords. "Hey," he simply says. "Sorry to interrupt." They all gasp and turn towards us. "Do you mind letting my friends sleep? They've had a long journey and the day was exhausting, so I've been told."

Someone rushes outside the building. "Hey, Mister 8, Miss Monday, two of them escaped from the room when we weren't looking!"

Miss Wednesday scoffs. "They're right up there."

"Sneaky little wretches," the mayor aka Mister 8 says. "You should've stayed asleep with your friends."

Zoro and I grin. "Can't stay asleep if I never was asleep," I say.

"A good swordsman never makes the mistake of letting their guard down. Plus, I took a nap earlier," Zoro says as we both stand up. All the town's people begin to crowd around. "Judging by the looks of you, I'm guessing you're all bounty hunters. Your speciality is catching drunk pirates for your hospitality. It's original, I'll give you that at least."

"I count 115," I say. "And we'll fight all of you."

"You hear us?!" Zoro shouts. "Baroque Works."

They all gasp. "How do you know our name?!" Mister 8 shouts.

"I was in a similar work, once upon a time," Zoro says.

I smirk. "As was I."

"Your company tried to entice me for a job offer," Zoro says. "Naturally, I said no."

"Do the same rules still apply?" I ask. "Names kept secret, cheesy code names, the boss' whereabouts unknown and name a mystery?"

"This is a surprise," Mister 8 says. "If you know all of our secrets then we are left with no other choice but to kill you... And two gravestones shall be added to the cactus rocks tonight." He chuckles then points at us, but we're already gone into the crowd. "Kill them!"

They all gasp.

"T-they disappeared..." Miss Wednesday says with terror in her voice.

They look around for a good 5 minutes before they finally spot us among them. They all gasp, eyes bursting out from their sockets.

We continue to look up at the building that we were at to mock them. "Hm." We stop looking and grin.

They all then aim their guns at us. "Who do you think you are?"

"Fire!"

But we're already gone, and they end up killing one another.

"Incompetent morons! They just shot each other!" Mister 8 shouts.

"Yeah, and the pirates got away," Mister 9 says.

"Just kill them!" Mister 8 shouts. "They're only two people!"

We end up behind him one of our blades on each side of his head.

"Ask yourself," Zoro says. "Will two gravestones really be enough?"

The people surround us from the back. "There they are! Now!"

"Don't shoot! Wait!" Mister 8 fusses. "Don't shoot me! Stop!" He ends up blowing some trumpet and out shoots bullets, killing the people that were about to shoot. We end up leaving and hiding behind a pillar of a nearby house. "Alright, idiots, where did they escape to this time?"

"So that thing's a weapon, huh?" Zoro asks.

"Seems so," I admit.

"Dangerous, better watch it," Zoro mutters.

"Well, you do," I chuckle.

"Almost forgot that you're bulletproof," Zoro says. "You can be my shield."

"That's rude."

"It seems as if those guys may actually be able to put up a fight," Mister 9 mumbles. "Even against us."

"Can they honestly be so arrogantly stupid to take all of us on themselves?!" Mister 8 shouts. "What kinda people would even consider taking us, knowing we're all with Baroque Works?"

"They couldn't of gone far!" a random guy shouts. "Let's find them, men!"

"Well, I guess it's time to test out my new swords from Logue Town," Zoro says, gripping one of his swords.

"I guess it's time for me too," I admit, drawing my swords.

"Haha! Got you now!" a guy says from above us. "Die!"

We burst into a building through the door just to be surrounded by more from the outside. "Zoro get in front of me! I'll protect you!"

"Thanks," he shouts as we jump out of the way from oncoming bullets.

We leap behind a table and attack once they're reloading. We beginning running down the road just to be followed by more. We climb up one of the many staircases nearby just to dodge a torpedo launcher at the top. Miss Monday comes from behind us and throws a barrel just for us to slice it into four and knocking out the men on the top of the building.

"Aww, and that wine must've cost a fortune," I complain.

"What a waste, huh?" Zoro says.

"Definitely," I agree.

Zoro's sword ends up controlling itself and cutting down the guy that was sneaking up behind us. He ends up fussing with the sword. "You're a bit of a troublemaker, aren't you?" We leap to the ground in the process.

A little boy comes up behind us yelling die, but we simply smack the tiny knife from his hands. A lady comes up and pleads not to kill him because he's just a little boy. We end up cutting them down when they spurt blinding powder at us.

"Ridiculous," I scoff.

"You'd be better trying that trick on someone that's more likely to fall for it," Zoro scolds.

We end up cutting a lot more bounty hunters up before Miss Monday shows up. Zoro ducks down as she swings a ladder at us, it busting on contact with my body.

I turn to her with a glare on my face. "What the hell was that for?!" I shout.

"H-how did that not kill y-you?!" she shouts. "No m-matter." She slips on her brass knuckles. "It was a good effort, but there is no human that can best my strength." She lifts up Zoro by his neck. "Now you die, swordman."

"Don't forget about me!" I shout, punching her in the stomach, causing her to drop Zoro.

He takes in a few deep breaths. I jump on top of her and punch her in the face, causing the ground beneath us to crack and knocking her out completely.

"Is that all you can offer, Baroque Works?" Zoro asks, getting up with a smirk. "Cause you need to do a lot better than that."

We look down at them with two swords drawn at our sides as the clouds move away from the moon so the light beams down on us.

"It can't be! They defeated, Miss Monday?!" someone shouts.

"No! It's just not possible!" another shouts.

The mayor gasps. "Now it all makes sense! The marines must've made a mistake on that poster."

"It does make sense," Mister 9 says. "I can understand why one of these two would have a 30 million belly bounty put on their heads. One of them must be the real captain of those pirates."

"Yeah, they must be," Miss Wednesday says. "It seems strange that that weakling has such a high price."

"Even if one of them is the real captain this is getting disgraceful," Mister 8 says. "The boss put us in charge of this town, and he's not going to be pleased if we lose to two measly pirates."

I begin to laugh. "We're not the captain," I say. "Luffy definitely holds that title. He's just really dimwitted. Zoro has a higher bounty than that. He has a 1 million belly. I have a measly 666."

"1 million!" Mister 9 and Miss Wednesday shout.

"Still think you can take us?" Zoro laughs.

They come to attack us, and we dodge.

"A duck?" I say confused.

"You get distracted so easily," Mister 9 laughs. "How can you hope to follow my acrobatics?" He begins doing backflips towards us. "You better prepare for my bloody bats!" He whips out two metal baseball bats, we block with our swords. Zoro ends up using only one sword to attack him. 9 continues to back up while blocking Zoro's attacks only to backflip off the building to the ground below.

"Idiot," I laugh.

"Is this really the best they can do?" Zoro questions.

"There's better, I'm still here," Miss Wednesday says, standing from atop her duck. "Are you ready?" She begins to seduce us with stinking perfume.

"Eww, that reeks!" I shout, rushing up to her and cutting her down right off the building.

"These guys are so pathetic. It's starting to get embarrassing," Zoro claims.

"True that," I respond.

That damn horn begins to go off, and we dodge before the bullets hit us, slipping into the hole Zoro made earlier. We run out of the building and hide.

"That horn just complicates things. How do I get close enough to fight?" Zoro grumbles.

"You don't have to," I admit. "I'll just do it."

Mister 9 recovers from his fall and emerges from the broken box. "You may have won the first fight, but you won't get away with it! You won't trick me this time!"

"I didn't trick you, you jumped off a building," Zoro says as I chuckle.

"Now for my home run sneaky bat!" he shouts and his bat comes undone into a chain and wraps around Zoro's arm. "What are you going to do now, tough guy?"

Zoro gives a light tug on the chain. "Kick your ass."

Miss Wednesday ends up bringing Luffy into the mess.

"Holy crap," I shout. "He's huge!"

Mister 9 chuckles. "Good job, Miss Wednesday. Looks like there's no escape for them this time. Unless they want their captain to die."

"You idiot. Can he at least be awake when he's being held hostage?" Zoro asks.

"Prepare to fire," Mister 8 says, tugging on his neck tie to release guns from his hair rolls. "Firing squad ready!"

"What the hell?" I say.

"Fire!"

Zoro ends up pulling Mister 9 into the line of fire, and I cut off the chain that connects them after he slams him into Miss Wednesday and her duck. Zoro ends up slicing Mister 8, and we withdraw our weapons, knowing the fight is over. We walk over to the edge of the building and sit down.

"Now maybe we can get some peace and quiet," Zoro says.

"Good job, you just jinxed it," I fuss.

"What do you mean?" he asks.

"We have more visitors," I say. "Keep your guard up."

"Three of you lost against 2 pirates?" a new voice asks. "Now, that's just sad."

Mister 8 gasps. "Mister 5. Miss Valentine!"

"Really, can't do your jobs?" Mister 5 says. "Hmm."

Miss Valentine laughs obnoxiously. "Well, that's clearly the difference between our rank and yours."

"Ughh. You came here just to laugh at us?" Mister 8 fusses.

"Naw, that's a bonus," Mister 5 says.

She laughs again. "We're here under the boss' orders."

Mister 9 giggles. "With you guys here to fight, we can finally defeat them... They don't stand a chance against you."

"That's right, let's track them down and show them what Baroque Works can really do," Miss Wednesday says.

"Seriously, Miss Wednesday?" Mister 5 chuckles. "Stop with the jokes. We didn't come here to clean up your mess."

"Yeah, you really think that we'd come all this way to the end of the Grand Line to hold your hands?" Miss Valentine asks. "You're even more pitiful than you look."

"Then what mission are you here for?" 9 asks.

They continue talking and it turns out that Miss Wednesday is actually a princess from Alabasta named Vivi.

"I knew she looked familiar..." I mumble.

"This is gonna be good," Zoro says, wiping his mouth of wine.

"When the hell did you get wine?" I complain.

"I always had it." He shrugs. "Want some?"

"No thanks."

"Anyway, I guess we should go get Luffy," Zoro says.

Mister 5 ends up beating the shit out of Mister 8. Both, Valentine and 5, turn out to be Devil Fruit users.

"Well, let's get this show on the road," I say, leaping down to lift up Luffy.

"Well, I've had enough fun for one night," Zoro says. "See ya!"

We rush off through the middle of the battlefield to a farther distance. 9 ends up trying to protect the princess but ends up getting flicked away by 5 with an exploding booger.

"That's disgusting!" I shout.

"Did that just come out of his nose?" Zoro asks.

"Ugh," Mister 8 groans, grabbing Zoro's ankle.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Zoro shouts, trying to shake him off.

"I have the most unreasonable of requests, but I need someone with strength such as yours!" he shouts.

"Yeah, right, you gotta be kidding!" Zoro says. "Would you let go of me?"

"Please protect Princess Vivi of Alabasta in my place! Please!"

Vivi, 5, and Valentine rush off. Zoro and 8 go back and forth with each other before Nami shows up.

"I was wondering when you were gonna show yourself," I admit.

"So, about this reward," Nami says. "I'll take it, alright? How does a billion belly sound?"

"Nami?" Zoro says.

"What did you say?" 8 coughs and does that thing he always does.

"So you accept the terms or else your princess will probably die," Nami says.

"I'm just a simple soldier. I can't promise such an immense reward."

"Surely you're not suggesting your precious princess' life is worthless," Nami taunts. "Right?"

"Doesn't really fight fair, does she?" Zoro says.

Nami eventually makes Zoro go and help the princess. Their fighting causes Luffy to wake up and find a place to use the bathroom. I sigh.

"I have a feeling this is going to be a lot of trouble," I complain. "Hey, I'm not gonna sit pretty. I'm gonna go watch the fight between Zoro and those other two."

"Alright, see you later, Fia," Nami says as I rush off in the direction Zoro went.

I arrive a little before Luffy does.

"I found you!" Luffy shouts. "Zoro! Fia!"

"What?"

"Luffy! Thanks for coming, but I got this one unless that greedy brat dragged you into this too," Zoro says.

We watch Luffy breathe angrily. "You are gonna pay for what you did! I'll kill you!"

"What?!" Zoro and I shout. "What kinda nonsense have you gotten into your head this time?"

"Shut up and get ready because I'm about to kick your ungrateful little asses!" Luffy shouts.

"Ungrateful?" Zoro and I say confused.

"That's right," Luffy says and proceeds to tell us about him talking to the wounded bounty hunters we defeated a little while ago. "Everyone here was nothing but nice to us. They welcomed us and threw us a party, and they gave us food! And you two ruined it by cutting them up with those swords of yours!"

"Yeah, but there's something you don't know," Zoro says.

"Just shut up and fight me!" Luffy shouts.

"Uggh! Hold on Luffy! Could you just listen to us for a second?" I ask.

"They were actually bou–"

"No excuses!" Luffy shouts, running towards us.

"Wait no!" Zoro shouts, dodging a punch from Luffy.

"Idiot! Would you listen to us!?" I shout, kicking Luffy into a nearby building.

"Are you trying to kill us?!" Zoro shouts.

"Uh-huh! Die!" Luffy shouts, coming from the building and reshooting his punch.

"Dammit Luffy!" Zoro shouts as he dodges the boulder crushing punch.

We begin moving all over the place, punching each other into walls and buildings. We end up kicking Valentine and 5's ass in a few seconds for getting in between our battle. We insult each other as Zoro and I fight Luffy. Waves begin to roll off our punches. I eventually make my way out of the battle to watch Zoro and Luffy fight from the sidelines. Those two pesks come back and Luffy and Zoro completely demolish them quickly. They seem to be evenly matched, and I walk up and punch both of them hard in the head, causing them both to stop.

"Stop!" I shout. "Idiots!" I hold up both of them, and they continue to fight then I smash them together. "Quit it!"

Nami eventually comes and everyone settles down.

Luffy begins laughing. "Oh! Why didn't you just say so, Zoro, Fia!"

"We tried to but you wouldn't fucking listen!" I shout at him.

"You did? I thought you beat up all those guys because they didn't cook food you liked," Luffy admits.

"Who in their right mind would think that?!" Zoro and I shout.

Luffy laughs loudly. "What a weird mix up!"

"You're a weird mix up!" I fuss.

"Guys, shut up!" Nami barks, causing the two boys to shut up.

"Yeah!" I shout.

"You too, Fia!" she shouts.

"What the hell did I do?!" I shout back.

"I can't hear myself think!"

"Well, that's just terrible! You should go see a doctor for that!" I shout back.

We end up head to head, barking insults at each other before Luffy pulls her away and Zoro gets me. We eventually agree to take the princess with us, and Mister 8 goes off on a boat as a distraction. The ship ends up getting blown up so we rush to get Sanji and Usopp and get on the ship. We all get on the ship and start to sail off the island.

"I'm just glad we got away from the people who were chasing us," a voice says.

I turn around to see a woman, sitting on the back rail.

"That's for sure," Nami replies.

"With all this fog we need to be careful to avoid the rocks," the woman says.

"I'll take care of it," Nami says.

"Guys, we have an unwelcomed guest," I say, causing everyone to turn around.

"This ship is nice," she says.

"Who's that?" Zoro asks.

"It's-it's you!" Vivi shouts.

Turns out she was the one that blew up 8's ship.

"You!" Luffy shouts. "What are you doing on my ship?! And how did you get here?! Who are you?!"

"Answer him! What are you doing here?!" Vivi shouts. "Miss All Sunday!"

"So you know who she is?" Nami asks. "Which of the number guys is she partnered with?"

"Her partner is Mister 0, the boss," Vivi says.

"Crocodile's her partner!?" Nami screeches.

"Crocodile?" I mutter. "Shit."

"She's a bad guy?" Luffy asks.

"She's the only one that knows the boss' identity. That's how we found out who he actually is," Vivi says. "By following her back to him."

"To be accurate, I allowed it," she says.

"So she's a good guy then," Luffy says then changes his mind again after more conversation. "Alright, so she is bad."

"Luffy, would you stop?" Zoro asks.

I end up getting bored and get up behind her, holding my blade to her neck. Usopp goes on her left, aiming his slingshot. Sanji is on her right with a gun to her head. Nami has her staff out. Zoro has his swords ready.

"I would really appreciate it if you stopped pointing those things at me," she fusses, causing everyone but me to lose my weapon.

"That shit won't work on me," I growl.

She turns to look at me with her eyes widened. "Your b-body rejects my Devil Fruit power, but how?"

"That's none of your damn business," I growl.

She goes on and tells us about the island we're going to next, Little Garden. The island of dinosaurs and two giants, but I'll let the rest of the crew figure that out when we get there.

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