9 A Cook?

"First let's start with introductions, I am your captain Ju D. Yue as you all know, the woman who will become queen of the pirates!"

"I am Naju, djuu"

"I am Yakumo Enko, and I view Yue as my lord, I don't care about being a pirate, but I will go where my lord goes," She spoke with a serious expression.

"I am Clemons Ira, and I am the ship's navigator, nice to meet you all," She spoke with a smile.

Yue looked over the people on her ship she cleared her throat and spoke, "Alright, now we need a cook and a doctor and we can sail the grand line."

"Umm Captain," Enko said timidly.

"What is it Enko?"

"I can cook" Enko stated with a slight blush on her face.

"Really?" Yue couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Yes," She nodded her head in affirmation.

"How good are you?" Yue asked curiously.

"I am really good," She stated with a smile.

"Let's go and try some of your cooking," Yue spoke as she was really curious on how good was this Wano samurai at cooking

"Sure," She agreed.

They all followed Yue as she showed Enko the kitchen. Enko nodded her head and approached the kitchen, in a few moments she prepared a dish. When they ate it everyone was stunned, it was really good. Yue looked at Enko and nodded, "Very good, now we are only missing a doctor."

"What do you mean only a doctor don't we also need a shipwright?"

Yue shook her head, "My mother told me about several places in grand line, and there is this island called water 7, we will look for a shipwright there."

Ira nodded her head, "But where do we even start?" She asked with a confused expression.

Yue scratched her head and shrugged her shoulders while saying, "No idea"

Other members were floored by her statement, Ira looked at the captain and inquired, "What do you mean, you have no idea?"

"I don't know, let's just continue sailing, maybe we will find one."

Ira scratched her head and nodded, "I guess, we have no other choice."

Naju flapped his wings and spoke, "Djuu, let's search djuu."

Enko looked them over and smiled, "You don't have to look anywhere, I am also a doctor."

All crew members looked at this girl in shock."

"Well to be more exact, I have eaten a devil fruit and its named better-better fruit, it lets me cure anyone I choose, well it's more like I am stimulating an ability to heal of a person, it's activated whenever I wish for it but I have to be touching with intent to heal."

Yue smiled and spoke, "Alright, we have what we need. We are sailing to grand line."

Ira looked shocked and she saw bit her lip, this was not seen by anyone else, Ira looked at everyone and spoke, "I can't" The voice was very low, but it was still heard by the crew.

Yue looked confused at Ira, "What do you mean you can't?" Yue looked confused at the navigator.

"I can't sail with you, to the grand line" She spoke with a low voice,

"But you said you wanted to make the map of the world" Yue reasoned.

"I have one, but I can't sail on the pirate ship."

"Why?" Yue inquired, the other crew members just listened to their conversation in silence.

"Captain, on the last Island did you see a big man"

"The man with sleep-sleep fruit power?"

"That's him, actually I am his daughter." She looked waiting to see Yue lash out at her.

Yue furrowed her brows and asked with a calm voice, "What?"

Seeing that Yue didn't do anything to her, she stared wide-eyed, "Aren't you angry with me?"

Yue tilted her head in confusion and inquired, "Why?"

"I lied to you, you know"

Yue giggled and shook her head, "I think that your father approves of you, he let us leave. That should mean that you are free to do what you want."

"He let you go?"

"Yes, he did. He was strong, and he could have stopped me."

Ira nodded her head slowly, "But I still can't leave with you if you say so."

Yue took a deep breath and looked carefully at Ira's eyes and inquired, "What do you want to do?"

"I.." The girl stuttered.

She answered with a quaking voice, "I am not asking what an obedient girl wants to do, I am asking what you, yourself desire."

"I want to go," Saying this she cast her head down.

"Then it is good enough, come to see the ocean with me, Clemons Ira."

"Alright Let's go, I will lead you to Raftel," Ira spoke with determination, she chose to go and become a pirate, even if her father might scold her.

When they left the cabin, on the ground they saw a newspaper. Yue approached the newspaper and looked at it flipping the pages, from one of the pages, flew out few sheets of paper.

Ira picked up the posters and looked over them. She gulped and spoke, "You are now wanted, captain."

Yue raised her eyebrow, "Oh?"

Naju flew over at looked at a wanted poster reading it out loud, "Wanted Ju D. Yue, Wanted Dead or Alice, 15 million Belly."

Yue smiled as she took the wanted poster and looked at the picture that was taken of her, after looking at it for a little more, she mumbled, "They could have at least taken a better picture."

She shook her head and looked over the other wanted posters that were at Ira's hands. And read it softly, "Trafalgar Law, Surgeon of Death, Wanted Dead or Alive 50 million Belly"

Yue looked away from this poster as it had no difference who this was, she looked over her crew and announced, "We are setting sail, for the grand line!"

The others spoke in unison with excitement, YEAH!"

Ira rushed over to the helm, rotating it and directing the ship towards red line, others split up, Enko went to the kitchen while Naju flew up to the top of the mast. Yue the captain found a spot under the sun and laid down falling asleep.

With Ira's help operating they were now headed towards the red line.