Chapter 2:East Blue Brawl Pt1-The Bubble Pirates

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The Crimson Vulture was gliding through the water. There wasn't much noise from the ship due to the heavy casualties of the crew. The captain and vice captain were dead. Gan was on deck he looked down at Murakumogiri his legendary weapon and shed a single tear for his captain and vice captain. He looked up at the flag of the fallen rook pirates and groaned loudly. He was now just a lonely....

There was a very loud groan from the storage. It was Yua. Gan had forgotten about Yua.

Yua was sitting in the storage room looking upset. Her one chance to finally travel seemed pretty hopeless now. She didn't want to go bother Gan. He knew the others for longer so she wasn't entirely sure what to do to help. Eventually she poked her head up out of the storage looking at Gan. He stared back at her jumping a bit.

Gan: Shit. Yua could you not just pop up and stare at me.

Yua: Sorry.

Yua jumped up from storage and sat beside Gan. Compared to Yua Gan was extremely tall. She looked up at him and smiled and pet his arm.

Yua: It's ok bud at least we made it out alive. And we can honour their spirit.

Gan looked at Yua but before he said anything the ship jolted hitting the docks of Orange Town.

The two jumped up standing and immediately ran around lowering the anchor and rolling up the sail.

Yua and Gan immediately jumped off the ship and apologised to the locals. Gan offered to help an old man fix the dock. The old man was called Brin around town. Although none of the townsfolk seemed to know his real name. Yua had gone into town. She was going to get a new sail and maybe some snacks.

Gan: I am really sorry about our ship ruining your part of the dock.

Brin: It's no worry young man. It's not like you hit and ran.

Gan: Oh of course. I wouldn't do that unless I purposely meant to. But me and my shipmate were just not paying attention.

Brin: Ahhh to be young again. I was actually one of the best bounty hunters of my time back in my prime I'll have you know.

Gan: Oh really. Well neither me or Yua have bounties so we'll definitely be safe of you

Brin: Ahaha. Clearly you two are just beginners then. New posters come in the news every week today actually you two could appear.

Gan: I doubt it sir.

Gan was pretty blunt about it. At a similar time the News Coo's (newspaper seagulls) flew overhead dropping newspapers from the sky.

Brin: Ahh here we are.

Brin caught a paper opening it up and unraveled it. A wanted poster slipped out and gracefully flipped out onto the floor.

Both Brin and Gan gave each other a look before peering down at the poster

Gan: Fuck

Yua was humming to herself walking through orange town. People gave her weird looks. She assumed that it was because she didn't wear shoes... or because she was humming loudly.... or because she was holding a sail of a fallen pirate crew. There were lots of factors but she kept smiling. After Yua had traded in the sail she came out to the newspaper's falling from the sky. She looked up and tried to catch one but instead one hit her square in the face.

Yua: Owww. Damn birds why can't they walk and deliver this.

She looked at the paper and opened it up. The new wanted poster was lodged into the paper. Yua looked at it very closely. She couldn't believe her eyes.

WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

YUA AKARI

12,000,000

Yua shook holding her poster she was blowing bubbles in the image it must've been that marine on the island. That was the only time she had done that. And why was her bounty so high. And oh look Gan is in the background too.

Yua folded up the poster hiding it in her sweater and picked up the new sail she had dropped and looked around. People were now looking at her. She smiled nervously and ran. She was uncertain of what to do. But she knew she had to keep moving now. She couldn't stay in one place now.

She ran into an alley and could hear footsteps following her but she seemed to be cornered.

???: Well well well look at the little pirate running. Got no place to go now huh!

The man was big and muscular his eyes were cold and grey. He wore a green bandanna on his head but the most noticeable thing being the huge metal chain wrapped around his arm.

Yua: Hey cmon I don't really want any trouble. Who even are you.

Manfred: Us? Well we are the Bandanna pirates obviously. And I'm the captain bandaged Manfred! We already know your name little red. So come along quickly and quietly so we can get paid.

Yua: Uhhhh. No?

Manfred: No? What do you mean no? Are you planning on going dead?

Yua: No I just. Well. You just seem all talk for such a big guy.

Manfred grew angry. He didn't have very strong subordinates. He was the only worthwhile member. He stepped back to let a group charge towards Yua

Yua looked at them and ran towards them. She jumped off the wall a couple times before landing a few kicks in on most of the group defeating each one with kicks. And had eventually made short work of Manfred's tiny puny army and only he remained. Yua tucked the new sail into her sweater with the poster and brushed a finger along herself forming a long line of soapy bubbles on her body getting ready to fight.

Manfred: So your a devil eater. Well. No matter I'll beat you and claim that bounty. Your on my turf right now.

Yua: Well then I better leave. But I should probably put you in your place first. Do everyone a favour.

Yua had formed two balls of floating soapy bubbles and grabbed them with her hands almost wearing them like boxing gloves.

Yua: Bubble...

She ran towards him and punched the man repeatedly with her bubbles. They seemed to be changing the shape of his body instead of hurting him.

Yua: BOXING!

Yua wasn't entirely sure why she'd named her own attack but she felt pretty good about it. She looked back at the man and her eyes widened.

Manfred was smooth. Like too smooth to stand. It was as if Yua's bubbles smoothed him out so he couldn't stand right. Manfred struggled around on the floor looking at Yua angrily. The chain on his arm slipped right off.

Yua: Did I do that? AWESOME MY POWER ISN'T USELESS!

She jumped and cheered people staring at the two. She then stopped looking down at Manfred struggling unsure of what to do with him

Manfred: I'll kill you for this. As soon as I....

He hadn't gotten too far into his sentence before a strong kick hit him sending him into the wall Yua was once backed up against. She giggled and pulled the sail out of her sweater again holding it and started skipping towards the docks with a massive grin to find Gan leaving the townspeople shocked and leaving Manfred beneath rubble.

Gan was still in shock at the poster of Yua. He assumed he could probably get away. There wouldn't be a way of people knowing there was a connection between the two. Then he saw it. Himself. In the background of the poster and sighed. He could hear Brin rustling around in his own ship clearing trying to find something. Brin had already told Gan he was an ex bounty hunter which was worrying especially when Yua would be coming back some time soon.

There was a loud noise coming from the village. Almost like an angry mob of people. Gan closed his eyes and sighed.

Gan: Yua....

Yua: GAN!

Gan turned around. To see a running Yua and a big group of townspeople chasing after her. He groaned loudly and pushed Brin's boat further away from theirs has he was clearly looking for something dangerous from the amount of time he was spending. He was about to jump onto the Crimson Vulture but realised that Yua had the new sail. He grabbed Murakumogiri and readied himself to hold off the villagers while Yua attached the sail.

Yua: Hey Gan Wassup!

Gan: Oh nothing much. Made some friends I see.

Yua ran past Gan and jumped onto the Crimson Vulture and immediately started running around putting the sail on the ship all the meanwhile Gan was holding off the angry villagers. There was a lot of shouting but he couldn't quite grasp why they were angry.

The Crimson Vulture started moving suddenly and Gan pushed himself off the dock with Murakumogiri breaking the part of the dock he'd just repaired and ran to the wheel grabbing it and steering away from Orange Town and heading out to explore more of the east blue sea.

The Crimson Vulture was now gliding through the ocean again and Yua and Gan were resting on the deck.

Gan: So. Why were they chasing you?

She smiled and lifted up her sweater lots of fruit and meat falling out along with the folded up bounty poster.

Gan: So you stole food. Brilliant. All that for food. Well at least we won't go hungry. We should probably get a cook though.

Yua: Oooo yeah that'd be awesome! And a musician! And a Shipwright too!

Gan: We don't need a Shipwright I'm excellent at fixing things.

Yua: I saw that dock you fixed. I'm not taking my chances with you as the Shipwright.

Gan picked up the poster and sighed again.

Gan: This damn poster. Why are you worth so much anyway?

Yua: I dunno. Maybe I'm just badass!

Gan: That's not it.

Yua: Well whatever. Today marks the anniversary of our journey Gan! The Bubble Pirates!

Gan: The Bubble Pirates? When did we decide you were captain?

Yua: Well do you have a name for the crew?

Gan: ...no....

Yua: Bubble Pirates it is! And with you as my vice captain we'll be unstoppable! Cmon.... Cmon.... Say yes.

Gan: Fine.....Captain...