The Electric City

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The sounds of war quickly became nothing more than a past memory as did the other competitors for the title of Pirate King. Leaving them in the dust behind and ascending Reverse Mountain was like ascension to Heaven. Except only faster, more dangerous & much more fun. The clouds had encompassed them for seconds before they burst out above them majestically floating through the air and momentarily sailing on clouds.

Above the clouds a clear, beautiful pristine sunshine bathed them in a loving light which only helped illuminate the beauty of this temporary moment that would soon come to an end when they reached the peak.

Leaving the vulgarity of gore behind in the East Blue at the foot of Reverse Mountain the battered & bruised ship reached the point of no return. As the ship shot into the air from the powerful current propelling it upwards whilst Wynter struggled to hang on. The breeze blowing past him nearly dragged him off. Pulling himself aboard though just before the ship was airborne allowed him to get swept up in the breeze which threw him into the railings. As gravity caught a hold of the ship once more and dragged it down the current quickly snatched it up and begun to carry the ship downwards with little regard for their safety.

The sudden burst into the sky had shocked Lyceum and cast him into the air. Looking at the ship below out of reach he spotted a young man climbing aboard and noticed how the Marine who had been heading towards Murii, was no thrown over board too. Plummeting down towards the deck once again and hearing Jun's screams telling everyone "HOLD ONTO SOMETHING OR YOU'LL FLY OFF!" Lyceum did as he was told and grabbed hold of the railings. Bad Idea! he quickly thought to himself as the railings in his hands broke apart and he was sent back against the kitchen.

Slamming his back into the wall he grunted in pain. This really wasn't helping his scoliosis, but he knew something that would. Reaching into his belt he popped the lid from a small orange bottle and popped 3 pills into his mouth which he swallowed with haste.

Looking towards the helm and seeing Jun, Wynter smiled. It was good to see her again even if she did look like she were about to unleash a foul stream of curse words because of the breakneck speed they were travelling at. Tearing down through the clouds, Wynter attempted to open his mouth and speak to Jun. He wanted to ask where Murii was but with the amount of air entering his mouth every chance he opened it he could only close his mouth again. Clouds tore apart leaving a white smoggy trail behind the ship. Watching the scenery speed past and feeling the water splash up to greet their wounded hearts and sore bodies it felt nice.

With the burn on his back the greeting of railing to Wynter hadn't been enjoyable but he was grateful non the less. He'd rather be aboard the ship than stuck in the sea. Now the Marines knew their names and they would all be getting bounties for their crimes. The four of them would be wanted and the one thing which drew them all together had its skin flapping in the breeze whilst wearing a blue waistcoat.

It was good to be back, even if Jun was going to kill him. Seeing Murii again would make it all worth while.

Crashing into the foot of Reverse Mountain in the Grand Line a horrendous splash shot up and over the ship which quickly dispersed. Falling from the wall to the ground and laying flat as chilling waters flushed over him. Slowly picking himself up and running a hand over his face Lyceum stepped towards the door he'd fallen through and gripped the door frame tightly. Looking out he could see the large vast skies & sea ahead.

Falling from the railings as water washed over him causing his wounds to sting, Wynter hit the ground. Slowly picking himself up and looking towards Jun & the helm he grinned. His clothing torn, stained & almost in pieces he gripped the railings and used them as an aid to pick himself up.

Looking over the ship in its current nearly dilapidated state a dog eared grin from a dog eared man stretched over his face.

Josh Wynter had arrived in the Grand Line and he had some serious explaining to do.

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The Island of Pirguru hung off in the distance and currently the Dog Ear pirates ship was heading directly towards it. As the day was coming to a close the island of Pirguru was opening up for business and one hell of a night. The clouds over head had already turned a grumpy grey whilst thunder could be heard already creeping in. The townsfolk were all getting ready for another great night.

Sitting in the open preparing to see the lighting show that was thunder and lightning striking the clock tower which powered their humble town, bars were all opening up, lights turning on, martinis, pina coladas & various other alcoholic drinks were being served. Setting up on the streets the buskers had their cases and instruments at the ready whilst others were just packing up for the night ahead. Sitting atop the balcony looking down over the island sat Mayor Gladstine with his favorite drink in hand. A sticky nipple, shipped in specifically from Reacher's Round for his personal enjoyment.

"Citizens of Pirguru enjoy the night as we always do and feel safe in the knowledge that the notoriously vile Professor Koga is no longer among us. But thankful for his invention of these lights he gifted us with before his departure into madness."

Tearing into the air as Mayor Gladstine raised his drink with a smile on his face as his belly rested against the balcony's railings and his curled mustache sat atop his cheerful lips. As good cheer filed with air and music burst into life they all rose their glasses with the knowledge they were safe now that Koga was long gone off into the seas banished from Pirguru for good.


 
 


Whilst their small rowing boat sailed lazily from Granville cutting through the waves, Rudy had been hesitant sailing aboard the ship they'd taken but there wasn't much that they could do since neither of them had any other means of flotation and even though Rudy did, he wasn't about to risk it. Thankfully though the ship they'd be sailing aboard had been fortunate enough to stay in tact and get them away from the forces of Granville and to what seemed a lovely nice new town where they could make a nice fresh start as friends as opposed to strangers.

Looking towards Phiola & Roderick Rudy smiled.

"Guys it looks like theres an island ahead. So we won't be stuck aboard this little thing anymore. I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't mean to come off as a brute. I was just, well I was scared. I'm not really the bravest guy in the world. I, I just hope we can be friends or something, unless you guys want to travel off on your own. Then, well its understandable. I'm sorry"

Turning back to the island that could be seen up ahead Rudy noticed the large walls and small entrance. Rowing towards it and up the small canal he felt a little intimidated. People from the walls encompassing the island looked down and as they entered and floated beneath a few bridges, he felt as if he was out of place. But the life inside the town only upon entrance was bewildering. Pirguru was like nothing he'd ever seen before. There was light from small glass made objects and an assortment of whimsical tunes coming from up ahead. 

Soon they would be in the town center and he could get off and explore the town which brought joy to his heart & redness to his cheeks. Smiling he looked back at Phiola & Roderick. He didn't know how they would feel about being in a place like this but was sure they'd enjoy it. To Rudy the entrance to Pirguru was like a menagerie.

Women walked around in skimpy dresses with cocktails in hand and men walked around in shorts, t-shirts with beers in hands. Artists filled the streets as did drunks who were puking into the canal and couples who littered the sides of the canal holding hands and trading stories. 

Looking up towards the dull grey skies and hearing a few simple cracks of thunder, Rudy gulped thinking to himself. Thunder?! he may have been a notorious revolutionary son with the control and manipulation over snow. But he was petrified of thunder. As it grew closer and louder his lips began to quiver and body begun to shake. This was not what he had expected.

Snow was still getting to grips with life as a Harpy, it had been a few months since his encounter with a Scientist, a Turret and a Half Dead Vulture. The transition came with it ups and downs, I mean he did have no arms which was a severe disadvantage to his favorite passtimes but on the positive Snow did have wings and he could fly how many girls know someone who can fly ? thought the black winged Harpy to himself as he soared through the air doing the occasional barrel roll dodging the incoming strikes of lightning before a gust of air knocked off his center of balance and Snow began to descend which caused him to flap his wings faster as he cursed to try and maintain the correct flying postutre that he had been aiming to perfect. His Destination was Pirguru, he had heard about the exotic cocktails they had in great quantities on the island. One particular drink had caught his attention, a sticky nipple .

"Hehe...Nipples"

Laughed Snow as he thought about it, combining two of his favorite things Alchohol and Nipples it was truly a dream match. He knew from his Granpa's teachings wherever there was alchohol there was a desperate woman who'd engage in sexual intercourse with just about anything this knews filled his ears with glee and excitement, kinda like a kid in a Candy Shop except Snow was not like an ordinary kid. Most children;s favorite treat was candy or a trip to the park for Snow it was porn or a trip to the Female Springs. It was true the Thirsty Women (And Snow meant that in more ways than one) were one reason that the Harpy had travelled to the island of Pirguru another was that it was the residence of Professor Koga, somewhat of a god in the world of Science And Technology; a god that Snow idolised and adored.


Hovering over the Isle of Pirguru Snow's smile broadened as he saw the bright lights from all theway in the black sky of the night, beginning to rapidly Descend one thought ran through the rookie pilots mind..."How do I slow down?". Shouting as he approached the large congregation of People who were clapping and smartly dressed and appeared to be looking up towards omeone. Snow thought those poeple were for him, as his Ego began to grow to abnormal proportions even for him.

Slamming into the ground with a thud the Harpy forgot aboutthe pain as the adrenaline coursed through his System, hopping onto his feet and bowing with an arrogant grin the Pervert bowed before extending his wings and striking a pose.

"Why Thank You. I know I'm somehwHAT what of a household name. Snow Mitsuki. The Pussy Magnet. I'm sure you;ve heard of me, now please I'd love to stop and chat about my amazing feat of human nature but there really is some Females that need to be conquered. NOW WHERE CAN I GET A STICKY NIPPLE?"

As they flew down the mountain at an ungodly speed Jun found herself having a hard time holding onto the helm as she tried to keep her stance. Not only was her hands getting slippery along with the deck due to all the water that was splashing on it but she felt slightly cold and weak due to having used most of her energy in the war. Well that and she hadn't had a good nights sleep for how long now? Four years? Yeah four years. Thank god she had her blueprints to keep her occupied at least. Oh no wait she had left them on the island Wynter had picked Murii and her up from. Goddammit.

But she had no time for mourning her lost belongings as she clung onto the helm with all her might, somehow managing to keep the ship straight. But this boat wasn't built for going through this sort of thing, well no boat probably was but this one was one of those boats than no one really wanted anyways. Well maybe the blind, deaf and slightly mentally challenged wanted a boat like this but she was none of those things.

It didn't even have a bloody figurehead.

After what had seemed such a long time they finally crashed into the ocean and she couldn't help but to think That can't be good for the hull. Jun's legs were trembling and her body aching, especially her shoulder and thigh but she was alive and could get by. After taking a moment to collect herself she turned around and looked around the deck to see if the old pervert Lyceum and her friend Murii were still there.

Instead she was met by the sight of the idiot that had dragged them all into this. Normally she would have been angry about the lack of railing and just the general condition the boat was in but oh no she wanted blood. He looked pretty beat up already but she didn't care, maybe she could go soft on him and just give him and earful, just so that Murii wouldn't get too upset.

Her eyes were dark and her steps heavy as she made her way over to the pathetic excuse for a captain. Her voice only a growl as she spoke "You..." she started slowly before coming out of her dark brooding and hitting him over the head. "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING HUH?! YOU.... YOU... I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF A WORD FITTING ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE YOU. "DROP YOU OFF AT NEXT ISLAND" MY ASS. I SWEAR TO GOD I'M GOING TO TAKE A PIECE OF THIS SHITTY BOAT'S RAILING AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS. A WAR?! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! AND NOW WE'RE HERE! YOU LED US FROM DEATH TO ULTIMATE DEATH! I SWEAR TO GOD IF MURII DIDN'T FANCY YOU I'D STRANGLE YOU RIGHT HERE AND NOW. AND WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO NOW HUH?! WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING!?" her voice cracked and went into falsetto at the end and she was left panting staring at him with wide eyes. She was so angry her whole body was shaking, she didn't know what to do of herself. She wanted to throw her hands up in the air and just give up but she couldn't, if he had gotten them into the shit then he was going to get them out of it as well.

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The ship was swept into the strong currents of the Reverse Mountain, which caused the ship to pick up speed quickly. It didn't take long until the speed was uncontrollable, well almost, for somehow Jun managed to keep the ship from crashing into the deep depths. As the wind repeatedly hit Murii's face she smiled. Even though she was most certainly to die in such a danger she felt calm, knowing Jun was at the helm. Murii held a tight grip around the closest thing possible, hoping she'd not slip.

The wind, as well as the water was utterly distracting. The clouds weakened her vision. She spitted to her side, to get rid of the water that had somehow slipped through her sealed lips but this only caused another wave to flood her mouth. "Ughh..." was the only noise she was able to make.

Suddenly she heard Jun shouting, telling them to hold on to something, otherwise they'd fall off. This instantly caused Murii to tighten her grip. Falling into the depth of the seven seas was a fear she hoped to never encounter. She felt how the ship swept through the air. And so the air hit her face several times but she simply shut her eyes. Not until upon impact did her eyes once more open. She was just in time to see the water enhance around them in what seemed to be a huge splash."W-we made it..." she said. Her voice was strained for some unknown reason.

Eventually, the water became calmer and Murii rose up to her feet. Her legs, as well as the rest of her body was shaking uncontrollably. This wasn't due to fear, anger, shock or anything of the kind. She was simply freezing. Her clothing were soaked in water and her bare skin was old as ice. She hugged herself, in the hope of warmth but nothing changed. Suddenly she noticed a shouting in the distance, no, she just hadn't payed attention.

Jun was shouting at someone. She quickly approached them and upon sight a huge smile crossed Murii's lips. There she quickly saw three figures - Jun, Lyceum and Josh. "Wynter!" She exhaled. She quickly approached him and put her arms around his neck, hugging him. The relief that he was alive could not be put into mere words. Suddenly her grip loosened and she backed up a bit with a worried look covering her face. "Are you okay?"

It was warm and sunny, the suns reflection flickered on the water, and Phiola was hanging over the board, seeing herself in the reflection. Roderick was pulling her leg, putting of an endless rant on how she should be carefull around water, and how she should stay inside the boat. after a short discusion, Phiola sat herself back in the boat and looked at rudy.

They had sighted an island, and it be great to finally leave this small boat, a smile from ear to ear emerged on the young ladys face as she jumped up to see the island. Rudy was telling them how he was sorry, and acted out of fear, Phiola hadn't seen much of what had happened but roderick had. ''That happens Rudy, I'd probably do the same, all to protect my friends'' he said boasting his little arm muscles. '' friends travel together rudy, we are friends now and you would be good company, Right phiola?'' the little rabbit asked in his usally cheery voice as he hoped that phiola would agree to the company of rudy, as it was good to have him around. ''Ofcourse, I wouldn't mind'' phiola said as her eyes wandered off into the great island that was infront of them.

As the three had enbarked on the cheery island, filled with music and short dressed girls, phiola was looking her eyes out, she had seen hundreds of things that she had never seen before, maybe even a thousand. Soon though her happy face turned a little grim. sounds of thunder rolling filled the darkening grey sky. '' should we look for a place to hide, because the books say, where thunder is, there is rain'' Phiola said questioning their next plan. '' I agree '' Roderick stated not wanting lady phiola to be in rain, or any form of danger. he noticed rudy being a tad worried, could he be afraid of thunder? he pushed the thought away, and looked around for the best road they should follow leading to some place they could stay for a while, that was if rudy didn't have a better strategy or plan.

 
 
 


The first thing he'd expected when seeing Jun again, was to see her scowling. But seeing her reaction a little more violent than expected Wynter stood there taking the entire rant. It shocked him a little bit, but he couldn't say he didn't expect it. Nodding as she finished there were only a few words ringing through his head.

Murii fancies me? he questioned as a grin stretched across his cheeks, Jun would probably be likely to smash him around the face now, but after the last one he didn't really want another, his head was still hurting a bit from the first. When his name was called and suddenly ice cold arms wrapped around him, he reached for her hands around his torso and caressed them till she removed them and asked if he was ok.

Turning to look at Murii in her shivering state he nodded.

"I'm just fine, happy to see you guys again."

Feeling the tension between himself and Jun still lingering in the air he turned to face the still pretty pissed off Jun and scratched the back of his head.

"Yea, Jun sorry bout that. I know I planned to drop you guys off at the next island, which I will, I promise. I kinda got side tracked. Sorry. But look on the bright side, there's an island up ahead and I can drop you guys off there."

Blowing through the ship a cool breeze sent shivers down Wynter's spine. He could only think how Jun & Murii felt right now.

Life Return: Body Heat: Flaming drying his shirt and bringing it to a lovely toasty warmth he removed it and offered his waistcoat to Jun & shirt to Murii hoping they'd be appreciative of it.

"Can't really offer you much else to keep you guys warm, but I hope these'll do."

The sound of groaning could be heard and it quickly caught Wynter's attention. Turning to see the source of the sound he spotted an elderly gentleman emerging from the ship's kitchen and climbing up the stairs. Looking at the group he paused momentarily before continuing. He'd been in stranger situations than a topless man offering his clothes to wet women.

"I'm guessin' your the notorious pirate Murii here mentioned to me during that hell storm back there?" he asked as he observed Wynter's physique. He seemed to be in good shape. Turning has gaze towards Murii then Jun his eyes drifted back to Murii and her impressive bust.

"So this him?" he asked pointing to Wynter.

She'd been talking about me to this old guy? What the hell about?! Wynter thought to himself.

With the questions flying around the ship, it sailed on smoothly with a little trouble enough so though to bring the island of Pirguru into sight.


 
 


Smiling as he heard both Phiola and Roderick say how they'd accept him as their friend, Rudy smiled. It wasn't often people were so accepting, although these guys were children and probably knew nothing much about the world and how dangerous a place it could be.

"Thanks guys." he said feeling a little choked up.

With the ship finally reaching the island and sailing in through one of the canals Rudy caught sight of the women in their skimpy clothing and men fighting in their drunken state. Gulping as one of them fell into the water he reached out towards him before realizing he couldn't help him if he wanted with his fruit powers. Pausing he watched as the man resurfaced anyway.

Sighing and brushing his brow of sweat Rudy turned to Phiola. Lightning struck down followed by the hideously loud thunder and shook Rudy to the very core. As Phiola mentioned finding somewhere to take cover Rudy nodded his head as quickly as he could.

Drifting under a bridge as music begun to grow louder, Rudy smiled, it as great to see so many people enjoying themselves, but on a stormy night like tonight? These people were nuts!

Pulling into the circular town center around the clock tower Rudy quickly dropped the anchor and hoped aboard the pavement of the harbor. That's when he noticed the ship's current state had been so bad and the anchor so heavy, it just tried dragging the ship down. Ripping a gaping hole where the anchor had been connected, the boat begun to fill with water and started to submerge.

"Whoops!" Rudy blurted out as he offered his hands to Phiola & Roderick. "Come on hurry up, the boat's sinking, I'm really sorry about this."

Hoping that Phiola & Roderick wouldn't hate him, Rudy did his best to help them out of the sinking ship and onto dry land where people were busy bumping and grinding against one another, drinking themselves silly and simply enjoying themselves.



When the clumsy bird man slammed his face into the ground the citizens paused partying momentarily, but after seeing him get up and speak at great length which he did. They turned back to their lives. Enjoying themselves and their drinks the groups all threw some shapes on the dance floor.

At the mention of women who needed conquering he got a series of hisses and eyes giving him evils. No women for Snow today. All that little statement got him was a group of men standing closer to their women and flexing their muscles a little more than was usual during these nights.

However he would be in luck with his drink. The words Sticky & Nipple rung out loud and true. At a bar not too far looking out on to the beauty of the night time parties was a round man with dark skin and short hair.

"Did I hear somebody say they want a Stiiiicky Nipple?!" he called out as loud as he could in the most enthusiastic voice a person could hear. A cheer rose into the air and within seconds he was filling up the bar with drink after drink.

Each and everyone a nice good ole Sticky Nipple. With sugar coating the rim it'd just get sweeter and sweeter as time went on, and the drinker would just get drunker and drunker, just the way it was meant to be.

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Among the party goers however stood a single man with a non alcoholic drink in his hand, bobbing his head to the music with a white beanie on his head, he seemed to be enjoying the music but not so much the party. Between the pavement slabs there seemed to be a grey liquid which had found its way through every single nook & cranny.

Stood on one of the balconys overlooking the partying scene were a group of other men who watched wearing similar hats to the man standing at the harbor only the colour varied.

"Now boss?" one of the men with large biceps asked. He stood holding a den den mushi to his mouth waiting for a response.

The man refereed to as the boss stood looking over the party goers. Raising a hand up he shook his head signalling no.

"I'll tell you when."

"Boss they're gettin' desperate down there."

"They can hold on a little while longer. You know what we're waiting for right?"

"Yes."

"Well then, we can't do anything until that's done. you know that right?"

"Right." the man replied a little unhappy with the situation he had no control over. "Sorry guy's you'll have to hold on a little while longer."

Stepping back into the small apartment the balcony clung to. Hearing a few voices cursing from the mushi the boss lifted a cigarette to his lips and inhaled. His rings glinted in the moon light as he lowered his hand and exhaled.

Soon.

Murii smiled warmly at the curly haired man as he answered her question and said he was happy to see them again. She felt her heart flutter a bit and a warm sensation spread in her chest as she looked at him. Even in that pretty beat up state he was in he was still very handsome. In her eyes of course. But it wasn't like she fancied him or anything (yeah right) she just thought he was handsome.

Jun however didn't share her view.

The less happy-go-lucky of the redheads was fuming with absolute and utter rage. Even though she was cold and wet on the exterior her insides were warm with a burning rage for what this idiot had just put them through. Hearing him refer to it as getting sidetracked only got her even more angry. She opened her mouth to start ranting again but she was just so angry she couldn't even get words out. After stammering out some gibberish and letting out an angry squeal that sounded more like a growl Jun simply gave up.

Throwing her hands up in the air as if to say "I give up. You're a fucking idiot" Jun walked away from the warm cozy waistcoat that was being offered to her and just simply walked to the front end of the boat and just held out her arms before folding them and just standing there giving the first seagull she saw the meanest glare she could manage. Which right now was so mean that if looks could kill the poor seagull she was focusing it at would have exploded.

Twice.

Witnessing Jun's outburst Murii looked at her and sighed before smiling slightly awkwardly to Josh as she accepted the shirt and pulled it on her cold body before saying "Don't mind her, she's probably just a bit shocked and tired about what just happened. She'll calm down after a while." Murii said and added a "Hopefully" under her breath.

Feeling the warmth of the shirt on her cold body made her stop shivering as she beamed a "Thank you so much" to Wynter before turning to Lyceum as she heard the old man speak. And nodded in confirmation as he asked if that was the guy she'd been talking about. Totally oblivious to the eyes that were on her breasts Murii replied "Yup that's the guy"

"Whew tough crowd eh?" remarked Snow with a cocky smile as he shrugged his shoulders and outstretched his wings to fully display his black feathers. Walking past the crowd not allowing the judgmental glares and hisses to dent his confidence, Snow attention soon shifted from the dancefloor to the bar as he heard the roar of cheers to the man's previous question. "Sticky Nipple?" thought the young egotistical inventor as he immediately headed for the bar before scanning the surrounding area in great detail as he attempted to locate in Snow's Terminology "The Thirstiest Bitches In Town". After a few minutes of intense staring at the bar which probably portrayed the Harpy as a weirdo to most of the residents of Pirguru; admitedly Snow was a bit of a weirdo but weren't we all?

Begrudgingly , Snow took a seat on one of the stools at the bar after failing to locate any women who were either single or desperate. Looking to the barkeep he asked for a Sticky Nipple to hopefully drown his sorrows as he grew disheartened . He had had high hopes for Pirguru however it seemed these hopes were soon diminished just like all the other places Snow had visited recently on his quest for his Smokin' Hot Chick. Turning back round on his chair as he observed the nightlife of the island, Snow wondered what exactly he had interupted with his impromptu face plant entrance which had kind of hurt his face now that he thought about it and the adrenaline wore off. He was sure that someone had been speaking earlier, on the balcony or something like that.

Drifting in the small boat the town was coming closer and closer, as weather was getting bad and worse by the second, Phiola wondered when they could go off land and hoped they would find a place to hide soon, she didn't want to tell anyone, but clearly she was afraid, and scared, she never had been outside when there was thunder, and she did hear it was dangerous, and when you tell a girl that doesn't know much about the outside world something is dangerous, she will believe that. holding roderick tight the boat went on.

When they were ready to embark onto land rudy dropped the anchor, which their small boat didn't like, making it sink, he quickly offered the two a hand, and apologized, roderick grew to place phiola and the bagages on land, in rudys arms, and quickly reverted while holding phiolas hands to land into her arms. he hoped that no one had seen his little trick as it might arouse suspisons, which was not their intention, Phiola her parents might be looking for her already, and atention was thus not wanted, especially because Rudy was a wanted criminal.

'' don't worry rudy no one got hurt, there is a lot of music over there, maybe we should find a place to hide and eat something over there, or we could go and rent a place and have roderick cook for us, it might sound silly but he is the best cook ever'' she said smiling from ear to ear, proud of her little rabbit friend, roderick smiled along, glad Phiola was happy with him. The decision of where to go was in rudy his hands and he didn't mind either way, as long as phiola was in safety, and they had a good time.

 
 
 



Seeing Jun's reaction surprised Wynter but if she wasn't going to wear his waistcoat then he would. Pulling it back on her smiled at the warmth it felt good. He heard Murii mention how she wasn't usually like that and nodded. He wasn't so sure that was ture, but then again he couldn't be too sure. He had just pulled them both through a war. His war.

As Murii nodded mentioning to the old guy he was the one he'd been speaking about Lyceum approached Wynter.

Standing on front of him he looked down over Wynter from head to toe leaving Wynter feeling pretty confused as well as self conscious. Staring back at the old man he felt the compulsion to ask.

"Any particular reason your staring at me like that?"

"Just seein' if you've got an exterior wounds which needs treating."

"Riiight, I'm all good. I just want to get to that island and get us a better ship cause this one. Well" taking a few steps away from Lyceum, Wynter felt more comfortable, it wasn't every day you had some nut job staring at you.

Thats when his foot fell through the ship's deck.

"Crap"

Watching him make his ay towards the stairs Lyceum shook his head, it was clear he wasn't comfortable around him as a new comer but when his foot got stuck he replied.

"Look its ok, I'm a doctor and your girlfriend here, asked me to give you a check up when you got back. Seems she was pretty confident you'd return from that war. I can't say I thought you would, but hey you proved me wrong."

"Yea I do that."

Tugging on his foot Wynter finally managed to pull his foot free and fell on his arse to which Lyceum helped him up.

"Alright, if your really a doctor I'll let you check me out, but when we get to the island alright. I don't think this ship'll last much longer."

Placing another wrong foot Wynter found himself sinking as both feet crashed through the deck this time. Looking at his feet then towards Murii & Lyceum he stated the obvious which Jun could probably have told him a long time ago.

"We need a new ship."

In Lyceum's head he started questioning Wynter's choicce of words. We? he figured the busty girl with ginger hair and the curvaceous body would probably happily travel with him anywhere so maybe he was talking to her when he said we, but the other woman with red hair, well he doubted he could've been talking to her. She seemed to be pretty pissed off with him as far as he was concerned.

He figured this wasn't a crew but a lucky pirate with a beautiful girlfriend and her best friend who he was giving a lift to. So what did that make him?

The doctor.

 
 


As Phiola & Roderick were saved from the sinking ship Rudy felt another shock of lightning strike down which slightly shook the island followed by the terrifyingly close sound of thunder. Shivering he quickly nodded to what Phiola had said and pointed to the closest cafe.

Rushing towards it Rudy turned to keep an eye on the two, just to make sure they were following behind.

Pushing past a few people to make a path for the three of them Rudy finally found himself at the door. Well with the door opening in his face.

Stumbling back he held his nose and let the people exiting leave. Looking to see Phiola & Roderick he smiled as blood seeped from his nose down his hand and forearm.

Noticing it he muttered a curse under his breath.

"Shit"

Holding the door open for them both he waited then followed them in. Turned out it was a large cafe with dozens of seats and in the corners perfect booths for groups of people sat directly beneath the speakers. Up at the bar there were a multitude of stools too where the barmen were constantly busy either mixing cocktails, taking money or chatting up the pretty women with skirts hiked up so high they must be suffering from wedgies.

"Guys, why don't you get a seat, I'm going to go clean up in the bathroom." He didn't mind where they sat, but he needed to sort this mess out. He couldn't believe it, five minutes in this party town and he'd already had a nose bleed. and it wasn't because of the pretty ladies! but damn, these women sure were beautiful. Not that it mattered. Wasn't like he'd say anything to any of them anyway.

Heading towards the bathroom Rudy passed by the kitchen and as one door opened up into his shoulder he grunted a little before shrugging it off and heading along the corridor a little more to find the bathroom he'd been looking for with the sign of a man on it.

Throughout the cafe, there were a variety of people who'd been drinking for hours, but fortunately none were so drunk as to saying anything to someone to make them feel inadequate. Not yet at least.

A few eyes peered at Phiola & Roderick, glaring at the amount of bags and peculiar appearance of Roderick. They understood he was a teddy, but no one had seen one like him before, also he seemed to be breathing? Shrugging it off and blaming it on the drink the patrons turned back to their drinks after a simple smile and nod to Phiola when they're eyes connected.

They questioned why a child was in here without an adult though, but that had been just because they'd not seen Rudy.




Spotting the strange looking fellow with large black wings and what seemed a big ego the little round man rolled on over to him. Smiling at him he placed a Sticky Nipple before him.

"Hello my friend. I like the look of them wings, where you from? I ain't never seen a gringo like you before."

Pouring himself a Sticky Nipple and raising the glass in proposal of a toast towards making a new friend on this night of nights a friend with wings too.

"To new friends on a beautiful night." he said with a grin which displayed his ice white teeth which could blind a mole.

Sauntering in from behind a slender set of brown arms reached around the round man before a beautiful women's orange sun hat appeared over the top of the round man's head along with the wearer's face appearing. A gorgeous woman with a grin whiter than his appeared and as she hugged him tightly and then stepped beside him, she revealed her astonishingly amazing figure with a coconut bra covering just enough of her larger than average breasts to make you want more.

Hanging from her waist was a grass skirt and around her wrists were a variety of the usual flowery bracelets people wear. Looking towards Snow through the slit like eyes she had she poked the little round man.

"So Papi, whose your new friend?"

Looking towards his wife he realized he had no idea.

"Y'know I never asked. What is your name stranger?"

As the two stood waiting their hands fell into one another's and rings begun to glint in the light.

Being referred to as Wynters girlfriend made Murii blush profusely and made her draw back a bit in shock. Girlfriend?! How silly of course she wasn't his girlfriend! She just kinda fancied him a bit...

Or like a lot.

But still! She wasn't his girlfriend! Clearing her throat a bit awkwardly Murii waved her hand around a bit as she looked at Lyceum and gestured towards herself and Wynter "Uhhh... we're not uhhh... you know... I'm not his... I mean... we're not together." after making the slightly shaky statement (mostly shaky out of shock cause she really hadn't seen herself coming across as Wynters girlfriend, at least not yet!)

However before she could snap out of her awkwardness and say something else more dignified about the situation Wynters foot went through the deck making Murii gasp a bit before then giggling slightly as he got himself loose and fell onto his bum and shook her head slightly as Lyceum helped him up. What a cute dork this guy was.

But before she was able to put her two cents into the conversation him and Lyceum were having both of Wynter's feet went through the deck. Staring at him wide eyed Murii then snorted out some laughter and went to help him get up from his unfortunate position. Raising an eyebrow slightly as he said they needed a new ship.

Jun on the other hand didn't look so brightly on the situation. She had heard two crashes behind her by now and she was pretty sure it was the same idiot that had caused them both. But then she heard him utter something that made her just fly over the edge.

New ship.

New ship.

Had he really only just figured that out? Whipping around she stared him down with murder in her eyes. Stomping her way across deck and nearing Wynter's form Jun was just about to open her mouth and utter a few select words with a very foul meaning to him but before she was able to she too crashed through deck.

She was now up to nonexistent tits in splinters, literally. Hanging there she actually was stunned silent for a moment before regaining her temper again and banging her fist down "NO FUCKING SHIT WE NEED A NEW SHIP SHERLOCK. THIS IS A FRICKING FISHING BOAT. IT WASN'T EVEN SLIGHTLY FIT TO GO THROUGH A WAR WITH. I SWEAR TO GOD IF WE HAD BEEN HIT BY A LARGER CANNON WE WOULD ALL BE DEAD CAUSE THIS SHIT EXCUSE OF A BOAT DOESN'T HAVE A RE-INFORCED HULL AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NORMAL SHITTY HULL SO SHITTY THAT STRAWBOATS WOULD LAUGH AT IT!" Her voice cracked at the word straw clearly showing how upset she was with the situation before she seemingly calmed down a bit (but not that much) and hissed:

"It doesn't even have a fucking figurehead"

Snow's immediate inclination was to tell this guy he was certainly not his friend. Opting to not make a scene and look like even more of a tit he decided to give this barman fellow a opportunity. "Baterilla, Not a Gringo..A Harpy" remarked Snow is voice with a hint of boredom as wherever he went someone would ask the exact same question to him and after a straight month of continual asking it'd be fair to say that Snow grew tired of it. Taking the drink that had been poured for him the Harpy wrapped his feather around the base of the glass before chugging the drink back in one motion before wiping away the remnants from his mouth with the back of his wings. To the barman's toast Snow gave a slightly half assed cheer as his attention was soon yanked away from the beautiful and scantily clad woman that had made her way into the barman's area.

'Scantily Clad, the best kind of clad" remarked Snow to himself with a slight grin.

Noticing her manneurisms, Snow sighed as he knew she was most likely banging the barman I mean who really could compete with teeth as white as his? This only made the Black Winged Inventor despise him even more. Despite this Snow was going to give it his all, swiping his wings and in the process knocking almost everyone's drinks off of the bartop , the inventor leant over the Bar and smiled to the beautiful woman.

"Snow Mitsuki, How you doin?"

As rudy ran headfirst for the cafe place that Phiola had spotted, Roderick and phiola followed, roderick was carrying their bags, but was dressed in a coat, so that when traveling it wouldn't really be seen much. When rudy ran headfirst into the door, Phiola wondered if he was fine, checking at him his hand was a tad bebloodied, and he had probably gotten a nose bleed by headbutting the door.

As they went inside Rudy told them off and said he was going to the restroom, they could pick a seat, and she saw a nice one in a corner next to the fire place, carefully placing her bags one for one at the table, she gained a lot of looks, and was point of atention, they didn't know about Roderick right she wondered.

After she finally got seated and the looks calmed down a lady wearing a servers uniform asked them for an order, '' I would like two tea and two warm meals '' she said, as she got a strange look for the number she asked for, she wanted to order for roderick too but roderick didn't need food and could get some of her tea anyways. The waitress nodded and Phiola waited for their order. She hoped Rudy would enjoy some food too, she was atleast glad to be in a dry place. and a place where they were safe, though the thunder was still there, whenever it striked, she was seen cuddling her Roderick very tight and close, he really helped her through by sometimes patting her when no one looked

 
 
 


Hearing Murii's wording of how they weren't boyfriend & girlfriend Wynter nodded a little disappointed, but he could understand once he'd been helped to his feet and Lyceum had nodded understand they were simply friends the two of them turned to see Jun and her rant about the ship as she fell through the floor to her breasts. The sudden incident made them look fuller due to the fact that the wood was holding her up but she was probably in quite a bit of pain.

Noticing her mentioning something about lack of a figure head, Lyceum snapped from her breasts to her face and knelt down offering her a helping hand.

"C'mon Jun lets get you on you feet, we've coming into the island now and need a trustworthy helms woman at the wheel."

Carrying her over to the wheel just in case she'd hurt herself Lyceum stood beside her leaving Wynter & Murii beside each other.

The ship sailed towards the island of Pirguru and slammed into one of the sides of the small canal which led to the town center where the harbor was in the dead center around the clock tower.

Standing beside Jun, Lyceum smiled and started to speak to her.

"So Jun, this Wynter guy, what's he to you? From what I've been able to piece together he was meant to give you a lift somewhere and brought you to a war. Now he's dropping you off here? You and Murii?"

Staring at Murii with a smile on his face which seemed to say hi in an awkward teenage voice that had just broken and kept going between high pitch & really low, Wynter opened his mouth to speak.

When they slammed into the canal Wyter was jolted to the left and hoped Murii could keep her footing and wouldn't fall on to him, because he was currently feeling a little uncertain.

He wanted to tell Murii how much he liked her, but he couldn't do that. Could he?

Hearing the sudden strike of thunder and seeing the lightning crash down with such force Wynter's eyes widened and he looked towards it in curiosity, he'd seen lightning before, but never strike the same place three times in a row as it did.

In shock he turned to Murii.

"Did you just see that?"


 

In the bathroom Rudy washed his hands over his face with some warm water from the basin. Feeling the blood trickle from his nose and down the sink he reached into the cubicle for toilet roll.

Rolling it up and shoving it up his nostril he could feel the blood already beginning to soak up into the tissue and sighed.

It felt good to not have it running down his face anymore. Grabbing a few more pieces he exited the cubicle and shoved them into his pockets.

Behind him, he felt something dig into his lumbar and paused. He could take a guess at what it was, but ultimately he knew it'd be explained to him.

"Rudy Michaels. The Shrieking Shooter, that's what they're calling you, y'know. I could pull the trigger right now and take your corpse to the authorities for 9,000,000 Beli."

Realizing he was right Rudy gulped and raised his hands into the air, this man seemed to enjoy speaking and trying to create atmosphere. But thankfully this talking gave him the chance to react.

Noko Noko: Fungi Arrest

Stomping his right foot into the ground, Rudy managed to send out a series of mushrooms backwards which quickly spouted from the ground around the man's feet and quickly crawled up his body to his neck releasing a series of spores straight into his system. These spores paralyzed him as did the mushrooms which all stuck together and clung to his body.

Quickly ducking forward as the bullet was fired out, Rudy hit the ground and peered up from beneath the barrel to see the man covered in mushrooms trying to pull himself free.

Picking himself up reluctantly Rudy felt fear shaking down over him and slowly reached forward. Removing the man's gun he placed it in his own trousers at the back.

Noko Noko: Spore Storm

Releasing a series of spores from his body quickly and directing them towards the man who'd held the gun Rudy watched as the man's eyes shut and he slowly but surly would fall into a coma.

Washing his face and looking at the man in spores Rudy paused, he didn't know what to do now.

 


In the kitchen when Rudy had been heading to the bathroom, one of the chefs headed towards the door. Pushing it and receiving a motionless door he walked into it only to find himself falling down unconscious.

Slamming his head on the ground the chef was quickly noticed and a few other inferiors quickly came to wake him, but waving of their hats, throwing water over him and slapping came to no avail.

Whilst two of the chefs carried his unconscious body to the back room to relax and wait for him to wake up a third man headed out into the main dining room.

Standing atop a balcony he held a hand to his head in disappointment and upset.

"I'm terribly sorry to say good people, but our current chef has passed out, we're not entirely certain as to how, but all e know is he is currently unconscious, so anymore specials tonight cannot be made by anyone else, so for those of you waiting fr your specials, you shall get them, those of you waiting to order shall not, I am very sorry to say. If we had another chef who could cook to such a quality we'd love to make you all whatever you wish. But alas we do not."

Turning and heading back into the kitchen the chef picked up his saucepan and continued to work on his dish.

Out at the tables with many pedestrians each of them would occasionally stare at Phiola, but when the news about the food came forth there was only two options for Phiola & Roderick. Try to get a cheap crappy meal from here or spend more and get something nice to eat.

The only other alternative there was, was Roderick the plushie cooking for her. But how many people would shit themselves at such a sight.



Knocking all the drinks off of the bar the other patrons started to turn on Snow. Turning to see him and pull their faces it was clear he was just making every situation worse and worse by just being himself.

The woman however who had one arm on hand entwined with her husbands, chuckled slightly at Snow's actions and picked up a pitcher from the bar. Full of a Pino Colada.

Tossing out a series of new drinks she hopped on the bar and quickly poured the drink into the glasses from a height. Kneeling down to get closer to Snow she replied to him.

"Its lovely to meet you Mr Mitsuki, I'm Clara, Mr sexy pants here's wife. What brings you to Pirguru?" she asked as she picked herself up tossed the jug aside and started to dance to the music which picked up heavily in bass sending the entire town of people into a dancing frenzy.

Gesturing for Snow to join her on the bar Carla smiled at him and gave him a wink. Her husband however begun to toss drinks from hand to hand along with mixers and started to toss out a few more drinks.

"Who wants another Stiiiiiicky Niiiiiiiiiiiple?!" the round man screamed as his tongue begun to hang from his mouth and leap up and down in his mouth.

As the woman who introduced herself as Clara leaned down towoards Snow fully exposing her impressive cleavage, the black winged harpy gulped as his skin began to flush red looking down at his crotch he nodded. "Easy Boy, I know she's a good en" looking up awkwardly the Harpy soon acknowledged that he was talking aloud rather than thinking in his head which admittedly he had a tendency to do from time to time. Snow's immediate response to Clara's question would of been the desperate women and alchohol but he realised that wasn't the smoothest response taking a few momenets to think about his response he smiled as something came into his head.

"Oh ya know, I just really want to see the beauty of the island I mean sometimes you just got take a backseat and realise wow the world is truly a beautiful place you know what I mean ?" Snow was doing backflips in his head , in his mind he thought that was the totally correct answer as he knew that girls loved all that sensitive bullshit and feelings and emotions and shit. Hopping onto the bartop as Clara had invited him his talons scratched against the surface causing a few lightcomestic marks. Watching Clara danced he bit his bottom lip as he observed her shake her various assets in a provocative manner.

Nodding he looked at his crotch once again which appeared to have calmed down, "She definitely Squats..." thought Snow as he prepared to make a fool of himself as he began to dance. Mostly dancing around Clara, with his motions he would occassioanly catch the scent of her perfume which only augmented her hotness in theeyes of Snow. As time progressed Snow found himself getting more and more into the dancing which couldn't be good as one he was incredibly clumsy, two incredibly egotistical and three he was slightly intoxicated.

Getting helped up by the doctor they had picked up in the war Jun grumbled but nonetheless allowed herself to be carried over to the helm. Her ribcage really hurt though and she was pretty sure she had at least a hundred splinters scattered all over her body by now. Plucking a big one out of her thigh she scoffed as the ship slammed into the side of the canal, as she easily parried it due to almost always having sea legs. When on a ship there was really no other way to walk than wide-legged cause otherwise at the slightest sway you'd just fall over and hurt yourself.

She had learned that the hard way.

Hearing Lyceum's question and the name Wynter made the slightly calmed down Jun to blossom up into fiery rage yet again.

Somehow keeping her composure Jun didn't even wanna look in the way of Wynter and just grabbed the helm in a tight grip and started actually maneuvering the boat so that it didn't crash into something else. Keeping her sights firmly locked on her target: the harbor.

Grumbling slightly yet again Jun glanced at Lyceum's smiling form and gave him a bitter look before speaking. "Wynter? Oh yeah he WAS going to drop us off at another island when he got us in trouble at the one he picked us up from. To me he's the biggest fucking idiot I've ever encountered, and trust me I've met a lot of idiots. But Murii fancies him and somehow even though he dragged us through a war and risked our lives. Which is so stupid. Love is stupid. Wynter is stupid. The war was stupid. And this fucking boat is stupid! Notice a pattern? Wynter literally is followed around by stupidity. And god I hate stupidity so much i fucking swear. And to be honest I can't wait to get off this boat and just forget all of this and pretend it never happened. So yeah that's what I think about Wynter. Thank you very much for asking."

Letting out one last huff Jun turned her attention back to maneuvering the ship and finding a nice spot to dock the ship. She didn't even mind that lightning was everywhere, if she was honest she hoped it would hit her and just put and end to the situation she was in currently. Or maybe put her into a nice calm coma for a while. Yeah that would be real nice right now. But seeing as that probably wasn't going to happen she was just going to join the party that was going on it seemed and get piss-drunk.

Murii on the other side of the ship had stumbled a bit when the ship crashed into the side of the canal earlier but managed to keep her footing at least. Even if she got dangerously close to Wynter when she had stumbled. So close in fact she had felt his body heat. Gosh he was good looking when he was only in that waistcoat. Almost kinda like a male pinup (Not that she looked at those but you know). Even if he wasn't the most sculpted or fit man... Or even manliest (golly he barely had chest hair she noted) but he was good looking.

She could hear Jun rant away a bit farther away but she didn't really pay any attention to it. It wasn't like she couldn't stop her from ranting anyways and it wasn't like she was hurting someone with it.

Hearing lightning Murii jumped a bit at the loud sound and turned her gaze away from Wynter for a bit and look at the city around her and the people who were seemingly partying and having a good time before hearing Wynter ask if she saw something which made her give him a puzzled look.

"See what?"

It was not a fun moment. They got a ton of stares and people where whispering about her. She wondered if her parents already has agents set up to search for her. She hoped not she hoped she could journey all over in safety and company of roderick her closest friend.

When an anouncement came up for the inability of the chef to cook roderick stirred up. Only the best food is good for her phiola and only the best chef can cook for her. This had to be him. She hold roderick super tight so he wouldn't run of.

As the lady went back to the kitchen. On a low tone he said " phiola. Please let me cook for you. They need a chef. And i wish to cook for you. " he said hoping to convince her. " but roderick. " phiola whispered as she was ssshed by him. " lets walk to the kitchen i promise it will work out!" He said convincingly.

A bit shy and inconvenient she stood up. Following a waitress to the kitchen. Entering it she got a tad nervous. "S-sorry f-for the interuption" she said taking a big breathe and looking at her feet. " it might sound strange but this little guy is the best cook you ill ever see" she said as roderick jumped out of her hands. " calm down dom't be afraid. Ill safe the night. The famous chef roderick has appeared. Can someone show me the pantry. Lets make this night good" he was so confident you forget he was a plushie. He hoped they let him cook.

When Murii questioned what, Wynter looked at her smiling, he'd never seen lightning strike so many times at one point and he pointed it out again as the lightning continuously struck down on the same place. With the ship docking and coming to a halt Wynter reared his head up to look directly up at the lightning as it struck the lightning conductor powering the town's lights.

"I've never seen something like that before, its amazing."

Realizing the ship had come to a halt he looked towards, Lyceum, Jun & finally Murii. Heading over to the winch Wynter lowered the anchor which pulled the ship slightly to the right as it plummeted into the ground. Feeling his balance go a little off before regaining it he looked at the people aboard his ship and smiled to himself.

"Well as promised Murii & Jun, here's the next island. I hope you two have a great time and enjoy yourself. It's been a pleasure to be in your company." feeling a little unhappy about the fact that he'd brought them to their destination Wynter gestured towards the harbor and offered the two of them a helping hand down from the ship.





Hearing what Jun had to say about Wynter only made him laugh, he couldn't help but agree, he did seem quite the unfortunate idiot from what he was learning about him, but the busty ginger girl seemed to like him. Either that or there was something up with his eyes. As a surge of pain reminded him of his scoliosis Lyceum reached into his pocket to fish out some painkillers. Tossing two into his mouth and quickly swallowing them, he couldn't wait for the relief.

"Well Jun, in life we're always going to run into idiots, but you don't have to stay with them all the time, only for as long as you want to."

Hearing Wynter mention about dropping the girls off here Lyceum nodded to Jun and continued. "Looks like your time with this idiot has come to an end, mine is just starting though. Someone's gotta patch the fool up."

Smiling at Jun to try and cheer her up Lyceum stepped aside gesturing towards the harbor.

Joining Wynter, Lyceum stood beside him and asked him a question.

"So, should we patch you up first, or take in the sights?" Lyceum asked as his eyes latched on to a rather bootylicious woman's bum. Wynter with his own eyes were already set on one the same thing they'd been on since before the war of reverse mountain.

The most beautiful curve any woman anywhere could ever have.

Murii Miyaki's smile.




Approaching the man who was unconscious and falling into what seemed to be a coma Rudy pulled on his eye lids to make sure he wasn't awake, seeing the unconscious dribble and glazed over eyes he figured this guy was long gone. Reaching into his pockets he found a few rounds to load his revolver a few beli which he pocketed and felt a little guilty about before slipping it back into his pockets then finally he found a slip of paper.

Removing it from the man's pocket he unfolded it to find a tatty old poster.

A bounty poster with his face & name on it!


I have a bounty?! But I can't! I've never done anything- stopping to think back to his time before the Grand Line he remembered Captain Smiley and the Marine Academy he blew up in a furious rage.

NO! his brain screamed. I'm a criminal. A wanted criminal! Even though it was partly what he wanted, he never expected things to go down like this. Not at all. This was terrifying. Marines would be hunting him down, bounty hunters would be coming after him. But his parents, they would be proud!

Smiling half heartedly he crushed the paper up in his hands and pushed it down into his pockets and headed out the door.




Exiting the bathroom Rudy caught sight of Phiola following a waitress and watched as she introduced Roderick to a woman in the kitchen. At the sheer sight of the moving plushie who told her how he would save the night she giggled a little before going limp and hitting the floor unconsciously.

Heading in after Phiola, Rudy got down to her level.

"Phiola, waht's going on?" he asked in a terrified higher than usual tone with fear stretched over his face. One of the cooks turned to see Roderick, the unconscious waiter and Rudy the man in military gear. Gritting his teeth the chef charged towards Roderick slamming the doors shut whilst another rushed over towards Rudy & Phiola holding a cleaver.

"What did you do to ma wife?" the chef asked tightening his grip on the cleaver. Looking at the angry expression on his face Rudy gulped stepping back towards the door he pointed towards the door stuttering.

"We were just leaving!"



When Snow answered with such an intelligent answer of how he wanted to see the island's beauty, she giggled. Upon seeing him join her on the bar for a dance her smile widened and her hips shook much more shaking her assets to clearly attract more business.

And it seemed to be working, 5 more men husky looking fellows turned up and started to dance alongside her, attempting to get a little handsy, Clara quickly stopped them with a swift gesture hinting there were badboys.

"Most people come here for the parties & drinks, its such a refreshing change to find someone coming here for the town's beauty."

Swaying her hips before him and getting more than friendship close to him Clara winked before turning around and shaking her hips and stepping further down the bar and hoping behind it. She was pretty sure she'd left the winged man with a hard on right now and really hoped he would buy a few more drinks just to speak with her some more.

Bending down behind the bar to grab a few more glasses one of the burly men who'd arrived to dance with her reached for her arm and grabbed ahold. Standing up to see whose hand gripped her so tightly she saw it was a drink and felt his strength as he begun slurring and tried to pull her over the bar.

Struggling to fight back the other patrons watched whilst Clara gripped the bar's railings trying to stop this man from harming her or getting his way with her. Despite its fun nature Pirguru was an atrocious place for women when some of the men here got drunk.

Taking a break from chopping up lemons in front of another customer as he served them their drinks, the little round man tossed the cleaver in hand into the air, catching it again with a smile on his face he brought the large blade down with such force slicing through the brute's forearm and embedding itself into the bar.

Blood spilt over the bar and the drunk fell back clutching his arm now seeming more sober than previously, screaming in agony. Leaning over the bar as Clara backed away in shock and to wash off the little blood that had splattered over her stomach, her husband looked down at the man with half an arm in the middle of the circle opened by the patrons.

"You don't touch another's man's woman unless you can deal with the consequences okay?" nodding through the tears that now streaked down his cheeks the brute got to his feet and started to run. Grabbing a dish cloth and wiping away the blood the round man continued to serve the customers as if nothing had happened and nodded to Snow.

Even though he'd only known him a few minutes there was something about him.

"Snow, do me a favor and check on my wife will you?" he asked hinting to the back of the bar with his head. He'd always wanted to have a friend like Snow, someone he knew he could trust not to try it on with his wife, and now thanks to his dancing it seemed he'd found that friend. A male friend who wasn't interested.

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"Now boss?" the man with a den den mushi in his hand asked.

Standing on the balcony looking out the boss put out his cigarette on the railings and looked towards the man with the white beanie and the non alcoholic drink. Signalling by raising his hand to his cheek and flicking forward the boss was signalling the question 'Are you ready?' the man in the beanie raised a hand with the fingers facing his own face and pulled it down as if pretending to pull a mask down replying 'yes'

Nodding in response the boss turned to his muscular partner in crime with the den den mushi.

"Now is the time."

Nodding the muscular man headed back into the room.

"Open the doors."

[CLANK]

Wynter met her eyes, smiling brightly. Murii found the sight quite distracting but as he pointed out the lightning, which frequently struck the same place, her attention was brought elsewhere. Her wide eyes were as if glued to the sight, it was... stunning. Her mouth, which had previously hung open from amazement, curled into a brief smile as she gently nodded her head at Wynter's statement. As Wynter said, she'd never beheld such an incredible sight, nothing remotely close. "It's indeed amazing." she breathed gently, the smile still playing on her lips.

The amazement slowly faded away and eventually, as Wynter began to lower the anchor, she removed her gaze from the extraordinary sight. As the anchor hit the ground, the boat rocked slightly to the right. Murii, who had been rather occupied by the amazing view, was caught off guard by the sudden movement. She lost her balance and fought to regain it, luckily she was able to support herself on a worn wall. After regaining balance she stood up straight and let her carefully let her eyes glide over the ship. As they met Wynter, Murii smiled softly.

Though as he began to speak, the smile faded as quickly as it had previously appeared. They'd reached their final destination. Murii felt conflicted; finally they were safe, but she hardly wanted to leave the company of Josh Wynter. Though she was pleased knowing Jun would soon be able to relax. This journey had hit Jun's temper quite hard, she needed a drink or two. Probably lots more. Murii exhaled deeply which instantly caused her to feel less stiff. "Guess we're going then.." she mumbled as a forced smile appeared on her soft features. "Are you ready to leave Jun?" Murii asked.

"Oh I know of course, I mean the true beauty of the island is just so rewarding I mean its beautiful!" replied Snow in a tone that was so overly sweet and sincere that anyone would be able to tell he wasn't being genuine. The next few moments, transpired so quickly all the black haired harpy was able to do was stand there and gasp as the overly touchy and drunk fellowed attempted to grope Clara until Mr. White Teeth came and sliced his arm off. Watching it drop onto the floor like a slab of salami, Snow couldn't quite formulate any words so instead a rather high pitched squeal came fromb his pursed lips.

Feeling quite nauseous as he saw the remanats of skin and nerve endings dangle from the man's newly accquired stump, the harpy was more than happy to go and check on the barmans wife around the back. Peering his head around the back before bending over pressing his feathers against his lip as he gagged as he remembered the sight of the wound that the offender had received, he sure as hell knew one thing no messing with Clara. "Clara?, are you alright?" called out Snow, for the first time in his life wishing she wasn't naked/half naked or engaging in some form of sexual activity.

Hearing Lyceum's words of wisdom (well mostly they were common sense and knowledge but society seemed to lack those things) Jun felt the urge to hit him across the head and if she wasn't distracted by her targets she would have. No questions asked.

Now what were her targets you might ask.

Well.

All the drinks that were being passed around of course. Really the only thing that could cure her foul mood right now was a highly alcoholic beverage. Well more like several alcoholic beverages. Or more like a majority of the various alcoholic beverages that existed on this island. Well either that or seeing Wynter struck by lightning several times in a row. Standing with a drink in hand and watching him being struck by lightning several times being the ultimate option of course.

But she highly doubted that would happen so possibly getting alcohol poisoning it was!

Hearing Lyceum mention something about how someone had to patch the fool up Jun simply gave him a slightly puzzled look.

Who the hell would want to stay around this idiot for any longer than needed? (Well maybe except for Murii of course but she didn't count cause she fancied him)

Seeing the harbor Jun felt a small sense of relief wash over her, finally she could get something to calm her nerves with. So of course hearing Murii asking her if she was ready to leave made Jun give her a nod and muttered a "Hell yeah I am." while walking with determined steps towards the railing and then swiftly denied Wynters help as she jumped down onto the dock and set out towards the partying crowd.

Now which one of those colorful drinks would had the most alcohol in them?

This was an unexpected situaton, after offering to help the waitress fell uncuncious, after laughing strangely, the chef grabbed a hatches and was ready to slice roderick and herself in two, this was not the plan they were just going to help, they needed a chef right, roderick was a chef, this was no fun.

Soon Rudy came in, and got on Phiola her eye level, asking for an explanation '' The chef had health issues, and we just wanted to help'' she said to roderick trying to not burst out into tears. When rudy said they were leaving, she dragged roderick along who wanted to brawl with the chef, once they ran out. Phiola got their bags and looked at rudy.

'' I am sorry Rudy, we just wanted to help, we didn't want to cause any problems, I thought that roderick wouldn't scare them so much, and I never thought that this would be the conclusion'' she said looking down to her feet. Hoping rudy would forgive her '' They are just sissys, man I could have cooked them the best meal they ever had, and she passes out what a bum'' Roderick said, boastfull as ever.

Phiola saw how rudy was quite panicked, did something happen? should she ask, she wasn't sure at all, taking a deep breathe she looked at rudy. '' are you okay?'' she asked in a worried tone, he had been gone long. Something might have happened.

Seeing the joy spread over Jun's face at the arrival and mention of their journey ending Wynter watched as she happily jumped overboard and headed straight from the ship into the crowd of moving bodies, excited genitals, touchy hands & drinks.

Looking towards Murii who seemed just as unhappy about leaving as Wynter felt seeing her go. (Despite how beautiful her curves were.) he turned to see Lyceum who looked back towards him. Looking towards Murii Wynter said his final goodbyes after the journey she'd helped him on from the last island into the Grand Line.

"It was really great meeting you Murii, I guess I'll be seeing you though. Bye." He never had been good at goodbyes. Walking towards Lyceum, Wynter's face dropped. He should have offered her the chance to stay aboard, but it seemed that wasn't going to happen.

Placing a hand on his shoulder Lyceum attempted to reassure him.

"I recognize that look. You like her don't you?"

"What gave that away?"

"Your eyes. I've seen the look before and know the feeling all too well. Although in my cases, the love wasn't reciprocated."

"Yea, its not a great feeling."

"Yea, I know, but I can imagine those cuts scattered over your body aren't all that great a feeling either."

"Actually believe it or not, I can't even feel them."

"Pains of the heart, I know them well. Y'know, you should've said Auf Wiedersehen to her."

"Why's that?"

"Goodbye means have a good life and intends no further connection between the two of you. Auf Wiedersehen means until we meet again."

"I'd say that if we would meet again."

"I felt like this one kid and trust me, fate's a sick twisted thing. That mysterious entity out there has plans for us all and each one is pointing towards something great for each and everyone of us. Trust me on that."

Smiling up at Lyceum, Wynter nodded and replied.

"Then I guess its time we find a hospital so we can sort me out right? Not going to become the king in this condition."

"That's the spirit."




Catching sight of two beautiful ladies exiting a ship and taking their first steps aboard the wild, wonderful islands of wonders, drinks & various sexual partners. Or so the Flaming Sombrero's owner liked to think he waved over to the two women to come to his bar.

It was busy but he had an eye for all the ladies, especially the beautiful ones with large breasts. Teasing his mustache between two fingers La Rouche's large think black mustache sat beneath his nose happily reaching out past his ears.

Holding a grin of seduction over his face he hopped atop the bar throwing some shapes into the air. (Dancing)

"Hey hey, pretty ladies you want a drink? First drink is always free! Come and try the flaming sombrero for the time of your lives!"

Raising a wooden sombrero from the bar with shots in little holes darted around the edge of the sombrero he spun it on his head. Jumping down into the crowd, he made his way past the patrons who snatched up drinks from his hat. Shaking his skinny white silk shirt as he passed dancing to the music which blared out, he slid between women squeezing them and dancing. Finding himself before Jun he bowed keeping his head up to avoid the drinks falling.

Only two drinks remained.

On the left a Yellow drink on the right a blue one.


Written over the glasses in a fancy bold black font their names.

The yellow drink named the Dozy Duck & blue the Blue Motherfucker. Both vibrant in colour the two drinks waited to be swallowed whole and enjoyed with glee.

"Help yourself senorita."






Returning to the table Rudy sat down feeling his heart beating like a jack hammer in his chest. Resting a hand on to it he looked at Phiola & how Roderick spoke too. A few patrons looked for the source to see Roderick and took a second glance to see him no longer speaking.

Thinking they were hearing & even seeing things they returned to their meals.

"I know you guys wanted to help but, well no offence Roderick, but you know what happened when I saw you. I freaked out, these people will do too. You've gotta try and pass as a human and not a soft toy."

Hearing the sounds of his heart beating along with the feeling of it beating in his chest he looked towards Phiola who asked if he was alright.

"Yea, everything's fine." Rudy lied in a high pitch tone almost reaching falsetto.

The best plan for Roderick would've been to dress up as a chef in his human form and serve as a chef. However Rudy wasn't thinking correctly right now with the bounty poster in his mind. He couldn't be a wanted criminal.




Stretching out into their home, the large open room was the beginning of their lounge. Sitting on a black sofa with golden rims and legs Claria took a deep breath, her hair a little messed and hanging over her face she heard the sound of talons clanking over the floor and caught sight of the sight seeing harpy.

Smiling as he asked if she was alright, Clara nodded.

"I'm fine, thank you for coming to check on me, but I'm used to it. He just surprised me. I hadn't expected it, but I guess I should have. Stuff like this happens to me all the time anyway."

Taking another deep breath she smiled at Snow and continued.

"I'm really lucky to have a man like him. One day I'm sure you'll find a man just as amazing as mine." she said smiling really hoping Snow Mitsuki the homosexual sight seeing harpy would get the chance to have a nice strong man to hold on to him and accept him for him wings & all.

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Releasing the chains that bound the hulking beast down, they whipped back as the creature launched itself out with piston legs a full twenty five feet into the air.

Crashing down into the cobbled streets or Pirguru from the spiral staircase that lead from Koga Laboratories. Stretching his arms either side and roaring into the sky, the monster's roar echoed throughout the town floating on the music which flowed so easily.

Charging full pelt towards the only signs of life, pavement shattered and the town begun to shake. As the footsteps grew louder and the town begun to shake, people lost their footing and turned to catch sight of a beast of indescribable power.

Shoulder barging its way through a wall the creation shatter every wall in its way. Crashing through the wall to the bar Snow & Clara were in, Koga's Monster broke down the wall in anger with a swift swing of the right hand. Sending debris in all direction Mr White Teeth turned to see such a creature tearing apart his home and charging through it, towards the town center.

Parting like the red sea debris fell crashing down breaking apart and terrifying the townsfolk who launched into screams in terror attempting to avoid the danger that had arrived in the form of Koga's Monster.

Cocking his head forward at a slight angle, Snow's nausea completely dissapeared in an instance unable to muster a word the Harpy just opened his mouth and let a sound escape "Heh?" questioned Snow with a puzzled look engraved on his face at Clara's statement. In that moment it had all clicked hsi overly sensitive answers had backfired massively and instead of coming across as sweet , kind and hot he had come across as a homosexual. Taking in a deep lungul of Air, Snow began to speak to himself as he repeated in his head "You've got this bro, your Snow FUCKING Mitsuki" in an effort to reassure and reaffirm his heterosexuality.

Resting his right wing on Clara's shoulder..."God her Skin is so soft, she must use lotion possibly body butter? Mango? Rasberry or maybe CITRUS?" questioned Snow in his head as he begun to spring off on a tangent, before snapping back into reality. 'Clara. I'm Not Gay." remarked Snow as he felt the manliness course through his veins once more with a grin he was back. Looking into her eyes Snow felt that newly returned confidence slip right backout as he caught the look of Clara's eyes.

"No really, I'm straight like I love Vaginas. VAGINAS FUCKING VAGINAS I'M NOT FUCKING GAY...Vaginasssss" roared Snow as he slowly began to collpase into a ball at Clara's feet as he began to sob as his eventual roar just turned into a whimper as his confidence has not only a heterosexual had been shattered but his confidence as a pervert too. His sobbing was soon quelled as the sound of footsteps got closer and closer with every passing second turning to face Clara with a squint in his eye the Harpy opened his mouth "Earthquake?" Hearing the rocking getting nearer and nearer , Snow instinctively tackled Clara to the floor as the hulking frame of Koga's Monster came through the building and continued on its warpath.

Rubbing his head, Snow found himself nestled in between the perky assets of Clara to which he raised a wing in victory before plucking his head out and looking down towards the path of destruction the beast had caused. "You alright Clara?"

Jun loved this island already.

Not only was there at least fifteen bars that she had seen already and that was almost ridiculous in her eyes but oh so wonderful as well. As she entered the crowd she could smell the alcohol on pretty much every person she passed. Maybe this wasn't such a bad island to be dropped off on after all it seemed. Well maybe all the touching going on between people was a bit iffy but she really had nothing to be grabbed so she felt pretty safe from the pervertedness going on around her.

She would have to keep a close eye on Murii though, just so that if someone tried to mess with her she could kick their ass.

But before that happened she was grinning with glee as a man called out something about drinks and the time of her life. Now that sounded like a nice suggestion. Well the drinks of course. First one free as well?! She wondered how many bars had that offer. She suspected many had it so that meant she could basically get a whole night of free drinks if she hopped bars.

Making up her master plan in her head Jun continued grinning but then snapped out of her happy thoughts when she noticed the man who had called out about free drinks bowing in front of her with two drinks in that funny hat of his. One yellow and one blue. Now she had a bit of a problem with blue drinks after that one incident at that one island that made her a bit vary of them. She did not want to hallucinate again so she decided to play it safe and take the yellow one. The Dozy Duck.

Picking up the yellow drink Jun mumbled a "Thank you" to the bartender and downed it in one go. Not bad. Not bad at all, in fact she quite liked it. Looking back at Murii Jun gave her a look that said "You gonna get that?" while gesturing to the blue drink that was left cause she had no problem with drinking that as well if Murii wasn't in the mood for alcohol.

Really the only problem she had with this island for the moment was that weird vibration in the ground and those noisy people down the street. Otherwise this was the perfect island for her.

As Wynter spoke his farewell, Murii continued to force a smile upon her lips. "The pleasure has been completely mine, Wynter. I'm sure we'll meet again." she said, obviously not pleased to leave the ship. With those words said, she turned around to see Jun jumping overboard, quickly melting in with the crowd. Murii waved her hand at the others gently, before heading after Jun. The last thing she wanted was to lose sight of Jun in this sort of place. As she hurried into the crowd she instantly felt uncomfortable; hands slid up her thighs, caressing her body in a rough manner. She growled quietly in annoyance before continuing pushing through the tight crowd which caused quite the resistance. Usually crowds weren't a bother for the young woman, but this one was an exception. Most participants were acting rudely, probably due to the alcohol they were consuming.

The air stung her nose with an itchy smell of alcohol, and each individual smelled even worse. Though it must've been unavoidable, as far as the eye could see, the place was dominated by bars. A drink was always within reach, something most would've appreciated, but Murii had never been a fan of drinking. Every now and then she'd drink, but it was everything but a habit. Finally, Murii caught up to Jun who seemed oddly excited. Though Murii couldn't help herself but to smile, she hadn't seen Jun relaxed in a while, this was just what she needed!

Suddenly, a man appeared. On his head he wore a wooden sombrero, and on his face a huge grin. He held the same enthusiasm as most people surrounding them, the energy shone brightly across his face. Murii couldn't deny the fact; she appreciated his happiness. Currently, she was not in the mood for encountering someone with a foul temper, so this place was rather fitting. She just didn't fit in. Murii stood behind Jun, close enough to feel her skin. This was due to the crowded area, making it impossible to create a gap between two people. From her point of view, she watched the man bow his head, offering Jun a drink. At first glance Jun appeared rather conflicted about choosing one, but soon afterwards she grabbed hold of the yellow one which said Dozy Duck. Only one drink remained in the sombrero; a drink in the most vibrant shade of blue which seemed to be named Blue Motherfucker. Honestly Murii didn't find it very tempting, but as Jun encouraged her, she bent forward, carefully grabbing the glass.

She lifted the glass into the air. "For surviving a trip with Wynter?" she asked, smiling. The least she could do for Jun was to enjoy a drink or two. The place no longer seemed all too bad, but something had been bothering Murii from the moment they had arrived; the vibrating ground confused her, and she couldn't quite grasp what the people down the street were up to. They were very loud. She shook her head, trying to get rid of her worries. She wanted to forget all troubles and relax, and she wasn't planning on letting anyone get in her way.