194- Kuina?

"Lucy! Makino!" Acelynn said happily as she stood up from her seat. Lucy and Makino smiled and walked towards the bar.

"Acelynn!" Lucy gave Acelynn a joyous hug and Makino did the same.

After some happy hugs, Lucy takes a seat and asks the waiter for as much food as he can make.

"I didn't expect you to create a pirate crew with a co-captain." Acelynn blocked Lucy's hand trying to trespass on her plate and then spoke with a smile.

"Actually I wanted Ethan to be the vice-captain but he also wanted to be a captain, so he suggested we play a game of rock-paper-scissors to determine if he would be a vice-captain or a captain like me." As Lucy explained what had happened, her eyes lit up as the waiter brought dozens of plates of delicious food.

"Seriously!! hahahaha." Acelynn fell from her seat while clutching her stomach and laughing heartily, "I can't believe you did this to make captain!"

Lucy didn't care about Acelynn's laughter and started eating her food, and Makino did the same, but she ate more tactfully than Lucy.

Acelynn stopped laughing after a while and looked at Makino, "Makino-san, I never expected you to become a pirate, did you realize how cool pirates are?"

Makino smiled bitterly and then began explaining how she had become a pirate to Acelynn while they were eating.

After hearing everything a sad look appeared on Acelynn's face, although such things are common in this world but when this happens to someone close to her it will make her feel sad.

"But I am happy with my current life with Ethan and Lucy, and I also enjoy exploring other islands and traveling." Makino smiled happily, which made Acelynn feel happy for her because she considered Makino like her older sister or mother.

...

Elsewhere in the city.

Zora and Kuina were walking together then Kuina saw a stall selling certain kinds of swords and metals but she was curious about a metal she hadn't seen before so she stopped and asked about it.

"You have good eyes, miss." The stall owner laughed as he rubbed his hands together, "This is desert metal, and it is a very rare metal that is found in the depths of the desert and is very difficult to extract."

Before the shopkeeper could say anything, Kuina grabbed the metal and then used one of her rings and created a circular band with the same properties as this metal, but what she created was a circular band made of iron which made her frown and walk away from the shop. 'I wonder if this metal he was talking about exists, when Ethan goes to see Ban the next time I have to tell him to ask her if she has it.'

After thinking about this she looked around and then sweat appeared on her forehead. 'Where's Zora?'

in another place.

Zora looked around while saying annoyed, "Why does everyone always disappear as soon as I take my eyes off them for a moment."

But after walking for a few minutes Zora sighed in relief when she found Kuina but noticed something strange, 'When did she have time to change her clothes? And why are you wearing glasses?'

"Kuina! What are you doing I was looking for you." Zora pats the person she thinks is Kuina on the shoulder.

"Kuina?!" The girl turned to look at Zora and then was surprised, 'Roronoa Zora is one of Ethan's crew.'

...

While Lucy and Makino were enjoying their food and talking to Acelynn, Ethan's voice sounded within their minds, 'It's time to get together!'

Ethan's voice reached all the girls, not just Lucy and Makino.

"Acelynn, come with us, we're going to meet someone you should meet." Makito smiled sweetly as she thought about what would happen after Acelynn and Sora meet each other.

"But we haven't finished eating our food." Acelynn raised an eyebrow while pointing at their food.

"I will take care of this." Within moments, Lucy stuffed all the food in front of him into her mouth and her cheeks became very inflated from the food.

"Lucy! You ate my food too." Acelynn grabbed Lucy while shaking her vigorously.

.....

"Kuina let's go, we have to go back." Zora grabbed the girl by the hand as she started walking in the opposite direction to the meeting place.

'Do I have to pretend to be Kuina to know their location.' The girl thought while walking behind Zora

"Zora!" But as they walked away, Zora heard Kuina's voice from afar, which made her feel puzzled that Kuina was beside her.

"NANI? What's going on?" Zora looked at Kuina in shock and then at the girl next to him and kept doing this for a while without understanding and then remembered something and yelled in shock "Doppelganger!"

Kuin also looked at the girl in shock because she really looks a lot like her and it's not easy to see the difference between them except that Kuina doesn't have glasses.

"So you are Tashigi?" Kuina still remembers that in Loguetown the Marines thought she was a girl named Tashigi.

"How do you know me? Did Ethan tell you about me?" Tashigi pulled out her sword and took a fighting position.

'Does Ethan know this girl?' Kuina thought about this and then grabbed Zora's hand and started running away quickly, "Sorry, I don't have time to fight you."

"I will not let you escape." Tashigi chased after them but midway tripped and fell to the ground and her glasses fell, and since she can't see anything, she couldn't catch up with Kuina and Zora and couldn't find her glasses either.

After a few minutes a woman picked up glasses from the ground and gave them to Tashigi, "Tashigi, you really clumsy how do you always stumble."

"I'm sorry Vice Admiral! I found the SHD Pirates but I couldn't catch them." Tashigi looked at the woman in front of her and then apologized.

The woman has long white hair and reddish brown eyes, and there are two cigarettes in her mouth. She wears a large thick white and blue specialist marine jacket which she keeps open, with greenish fur lining the neck, wrists, and hem.

The jacket bears the kanji for "justice" written on the back of it. Many cigars are strapped to the jacket. She also the traditional Marines' military coat over her attire, draped over her shoulders like a cape with her Seastone-tipped jitte.

"Let's find Smoker and follow them, today they will all be caught by me." said the woman as she walked away with a serious face.

.....

Everyone gathered and Freya put the ship in the sea, then everyone boarded it and started sailing.

Then Ethan and the girls looked at Acelynn standing next to Lucy with a big smile.