Chapter 63 - Girls: Symbol

So... Many... GIRLS!

My cell was surrounded by women! They were all gawking as if I was a science experiment! They all had some kind of pink hue on their face and I heard whispers about being attractive!

I was so embarrassed, I only started listening to them when I heard all the girls stop talking, and I watched them taking out their swords and running in the direction of the sounds.

Sitting in the middle of the cell, I heard chaos, crashes, and girls yelling getting louder. Then I picked out two specific voices in the distance.

"Left!" [Margaret]

"Left?!" [Luffy]

"That's your right! Wait, that building!" [Margaret]

*Crash*

"(Y/N)!" [Luffy]

I ducked as the wood above my cell shattered, and I looked into the light to see Luffy with Margaret wrapped under his arm.

"There she is, now please let me go!" Margaret tried to escape Luffy's grasp as I was grabbed in the same inescapable way.

"I'm glad we found you!" He said to me, completely ignoring Margaret. Though, I was ignoring him because of the giant jumps we were making.

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Luffy jumped the giant stone wall as Margaret and I screamed from the height. Luffy just chuckled at the height and inflated his body to catch us...

...though, when we landed, Margaret, Luffy, and I all went in different directions.

I was close to Margaret so I tried to protect her fall as best I could, slightly hurting my back in the process.

Luffy dusted himself off and turned to us, "You guys alright?"

"Yeah, I think s-"

Before I could finish my sentence, Margaret wrapped an arm around my waist and lifted me, pulling out her sword and holding it to my neck.

When I glanced back at her, she looked more nervous than me, considering I have a knife to my neck.

"Stay away!" Margaret neared the sword and took a step back as Luffy took a step towards us, "You... turned fat just now, right?!" She glanced up at the cliff we just jumped, still out of breath, "You have to be crazy to jump from that high. I was ready to die! It's a miracle any of us are still alive!" She threw the arm with the sword into the air and waved it around, emphasizing her point.

"Really?" Luffy said mindlessly, before trying to take another step closer.

"Stay away!" Margaret yelled again and repositioned her sword at my neck.

"I'm not going to do anything!" Luffy chuckled, almost shocked while lazily putting his hands into the air.

"I heard that you men have a virus! Do all men suddenly grow fat?!" [Margaret]

""Pfft-" [(Y/N)]

"I don't have any kind of virus, and it'll be a pain to explain, so let's just say that all men grow fat." [Luffy]

"Jeez, Luffy..." I mumbled, before taking the arm Margaret had around my waist and spinning, surprising her and holding that same hand behind her back, with one hand on her arm and the other on her shoulder, to hold her in place, "Margaret, have you ever heard of a Devil's fruit?"

Luffy looked shocked at my little stunt, for some reason.

She struggled for a second before hearing my question, then she seemed to calm down a bit as she thought, then nervously nodded at me. I let go of her hand and she stumbled away from me, though her weapon pointed at Luffy, "I know what Devil's fruits are. Our empress has one." She said sternly, not exactly getting my point.

"To put it short, he has one." I pointed at Luffy, who's slightly surprised face went to a smile.

Luffy walked over to my as Margaret to only a few steps away. He leaned on my shoulder with his elbow and looked at Margaret, "Anyway, was there something in the pocket of my torn-up-pants? It's really important!"

'That's a weird question... Why would Margaret know that-'

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..

...

"Pfft! HAHA! Luffy, wha- What are you wearing!" I held my gut as I pointed at him and laughed, and he put his hand son his hips and glared at me.

Instead of his original sleeveless button up, which was turquoise, his shirt now was the same, with some minor adjustments.

He had the same shirt, but now there was frill on the edges, and yellow flowers.

Once my laughter stopped by Luffy pulling on my ear, Margaret spoke.

"Is this it?"

Luffy and I looked over at the same time to see Rayleigh's Vivre card. Luffy let go of my ear and ran to her, holding her hand which was around the Vivre card with both of his, "This is it! This is it! What a relief!"

He kept babbling about it, while I noticed she was trying to get his hands off of it. I crossed my arms as he thanked her, but she swung the sword at his hands, yelling at him to let go.

She let go of the paper, as did he, and it floated in the air, as Luffy tried catching it like it was a butterfly.

"What a relief" [Luffy]

"There was something written on it, so I figured..."  [Margaret]

She looked down as I walked past Luffy in her direction, "What is it?"

I slipped my arm overhear shoulder and held out my own vivre card, "Here, look."

We watched as it slowly moved from one side of my hand to another, and she stared starstruck.

"How odd. It looks like it's moving!"

Margaret sat down and Luffy sat away from us, his mood seemingly dropping. I sat next to Margaret, since she minded Luffy more than she minded me, "A bunch of stuff happened, and I wasn't there for most, but I can put the pieces together."

She watched me and I heard Luffy kind of stiffen up.

"A powerful man spit up all of our friends. It's a miracle Luffy and I ended up together. But these pieces of paper all lead to the same place, so we can all find our way back."

Luffy chuckled and looked up, "There all tough, by the way!" I felt a little sense of pride as he continued, "Oh, I've been thanking you non-stop! Is there anything I can do for you?" He looked at Margaret.

Margaret got stars in her eyes, "Ah! Can you take out your family jewels so I can see them, then?!"

"I told you they don't come off!" Luffy looked panicked at her as I laughed.

"Men are cheapskates after all!" [Margaret]

"You're really serious about taking them?! Put the sword away!" [Luffy]

"Who are these "friends" of yours?" [Margaret]

"Oh, I'm a pirate. Do you know what a pirate is?" [Luffy]

"You're a pirate?" [Margaret]

"Yeah, we both are!" [Luffy]

"This land's Empress is a pirate as well." [Margaret]

"Really? Then she has a women-only crew?" [(Y/N)]

"Are they strong?" [Luffy]

"That's a foolish question! The most elite warriors of this land ride aboard her pirate ship! They're very strong! Everyone here looks up to the snake princess! She's strong, Noble, and the most beautiful woman in the world! This land is closely protected by her and her two sisters!"





'Wait...'


'Snake princess... snake princess... it's on the tip of my tongue!

I've heard that name before...


Where...


My nature book? Probably not...

Robin? Although she's smart, it's unlikely...

it- Ah, my marine book! Oh, that's not good...'


'...'


'God, I can't think of her name though. There aren't that many women in the marines...'

'I remember her name having to do with snakes...


Garden?...


Copper?...


Cobra- Boa! Like a Boa Constrictor!'





"I remember!" I said aloud, only to realize Luffy and Margaret were not here, "Ugh, of course."

As I walked around, I was kicking myself for not remembering her. As soon as I figured it out, it seemed so obvious I felt stupid. Boa Hancock, the Warlord, is the most beautiful woman in the world, and that's why she rules the woman-only island. She clamed in a statement one time that 'men couldn't handle it' and that's all she said.

Also, snake princess! No wonder almost every woman here has a snake on their body, including Margaret.

"Woah now! Stop!" I heard Luffy's voice in the distance, and he sounded nervous! I started running in the direction of a crash, that shortly followed Luffy's cry.

I peered out from the bushed to see Luffy dodging arrows hat Margaret was sending. One of the arrows completely shattered a boulder. What amazing technology...

"These arrows posses "Haki"! It's only natural they're strong!" Margaret yelled at Luffy. He must've just said something about it, as he had two halves of one arrow in his hands.

"Haki? What's that?" [Luffy]

Margaret shot another one at Luffy as he was looking at the arrows, so I stepped in. I made a plank of wood so fast in front of Luffy, as it stopped the arrow from entering his torso.

Margaret and Luffy looked over at me, one more relieved than the other.

"(Y/N)! There you are!" Luffy said, as if he wasn't the one who walked away from me.

"Margaret, I-" [(Y/N)]

"There she is! Margaret is all right!" I heard multiple sets of footsteps headed our way, as Margaret's bow turned between the two of us.

"Everyone!" [Margaret]

"The man is with her! Kill him!" [???]

"Uh oh! Time to go, (Y/N)!" Luffy barked as he ran past me, wrappings his arm around my waist and pulling me with him.

"No complaint from me!" I said, even though he already had grabbed me.

"Halt!" I heard from behind us. I also heard an interesting sentence. 'The snake princess has arrived.'

I had just touched the ground, and I put my arm around Margaret a second ago, so...

I made multiple trunks pf wood appear from Margaret's chest, as they incapacitated the four women chasing us, though I told Luffy to keep running. They seemed shocked, Margaret more than the rest.

'This could end up bad for us. These women are strong, and I only know Haki by name, but I now it's strong. So these women have a Warlord and a strong crew...'

Luffy has let me down and we were running side by side. I heard a crash and soon after, we were being chased again.

'I could just make tons of obstacles with my wood, but I would need to stop running and concentrate, which, in this situation, could cost me my life.'

"These girls are terrifying! Nami's better by far!" Luffy said, looking back, "...or not..." He sulked and I chuckled.

"That's it! Luffy, find the wall we came down. If we can get back up with your devil fruit, we could shake them off for the tie being!" I said as we kept running.

"Got it!"

After dodging arrows left and Right, and me and Luffy almost being separated, he shook my  shoulder and pointed up, "Look how big these branches are! Do you think we could just climb them and loose these crazy girls?"

I looked back for a second, dodging an arrow before I nodded to him and immediately used a trunk of wood to shoot myself onto a branch.

"Alright!" Luffy yelled as we both traversed the branches together. I knew if he ran fast enough, he would loose me, but I just kept my eye on him.

I had lost him for a bit, but when I stopped and looked up the wall we came down, sure enough, there he was, climbing it.

I made a platform below me, big enough for thee two of us and sat down while the wood slowly escalated, slowing down by Luffy.

"Need a lift?" I smiled at him. He looked overjoyed and laid down on the platform without question, panting like a madman. I escalated us the rest of the way and we got off at the top, back to the stone walls surrounding the woman-only town.

We stood on the wall, each on our own battlement as we looked into the town.

Luffy sighed, "Hmm, what do we do now?" He turned to me as he crossed his arms.

"We'll get caught if we just sit here, and we don't know how far we are from Sabaody, so we need a ship..." I thought aloud.

"Margaret mentioned to me that this place's empress has a pirate ship. Maybe if we can borrow it somehow..."

"Luffy, the leader of this place is a warlord, not just any old pirate, we won't be able to just nab it from under her nose, and it'll be hard to ask, since she doesn't like men. Maybe if I can persuade her somehow..." I said the last part to myself as Luffy was playing on the battlements, jumping from one to another.

'Maybe I can twist her thoughts, make her believe she has to give us one so we can get our of her hair. That might work, but I doubt she's a dummy.'

"Oh, wait. Nami's not here." I reminded luff, and he put his hand on his chin, "I guess asking for a ride is the best solution I have." I shrugged my shoulders as Luffy looked at me, "But it's best if I ask her, not you." I deadpanned as he picked his nose.

"Why not?! I'm super nice!" [Luffy]

"That. That is why not." I pointed to his nose and sighed, "We have to find someone important, but I don't know if we should be secretive or ask permission... But where could we find someone important. All the buildings look the same!"

"I'm thinking so hard I might get a fever!" Luffy put his hand to his head, his face burning red which was anew sight as I laughed.

I went to the battlements opposite the ones me and Luffy were on, closer to the village, as Luffy followed suit.

"Well, important people live in tall buildings...?" He guessed, pointing to the almost out of place building.

I crossed my arms, "It's worth a shot." Luffy grinned.

"Let's try that one!" Luffy pointed across from me, but hitting me in the process, knocking me off the tower and onto the roof of the building below. Luckily, for Luffy's sake, I was fine.

"You idiot!" I barked.

"Oops! Shishishi!"

I looked down and noticed the cracks in the rood of the building. If I move too much, this spot will shatter.

I slowly stood, only to break the roof and fell in. I heard Luffy say my name, but I was already on my back in... water?

Surprisingly, the all didn't hurt, but as I sat up, it was slightly embarrassing, because now, my white T-shirt was slightly see-through.

I grumbled, before looking up as a body recognized as Luffy fell next to me.

This was a bathroom, a bathtub, to be more specific. And someone was in here.

Though, I couldn't help but notice the symbol on their back.

Luffy was flailing around as if he was going to die as I stood up. The symbol on this woman's back...

...is a slave mark.

I recognized it. From Sabaody. When the Celestial Dragon stopped the doctors, the person he was riding had one of these on it's back as well. It was only noticeable when the Celestial Dragon stood.

"My feet are on the ground. I'm safe-mph-" I held my hand over Luffy's mouth and held a finger over my lips, telling him to be quiet, before swiftly removing my hand.

"Is this a bath?" he whispered, and I nodded.

The woman had just now turned around, "Intruders! And... a man?!"

She turned, and I closed Luffy's eyes, so he wouldn't see her naked.

"Hey, that thing on your back..." I stuttered. She gasped and dropped into the water, only her head and shoulders poking out.

"It seems familiar somehow..." Luffy mumbled, my hand still over his eyes. 


She looked dead at me, "You saw it. Didn't you?!"



(A/N - Tell a friend to tell a friend...

She's baaaaack!~


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