Chapter 17
“Hey, Kid.” Killer calls out as he walks into the mess hall of the Kid pirates pirate ship The Victoria Punk, a newspaper in one hand and a bounty poster in the other. “I think I may have just found the love of your life.”
Eustass Kid, the captain of the notorious pirate crew, looks up from his plate of half-eaten food, an nonexistent eyebrow quirked in skepticism. “You're full of it, Killer. What've you got there?” He wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, a smear of grease from his meal still on his lip.
“No, I don’t think so.” Killer said, his mouth folded by his blue and white striped mask, and kid could just hear the smirk in his voice. He chuckled as he looked at the bounty post. “No, I think I’m completely right. This chick has a bounty of 90,000,00 berries, and she hasn’t even left the East blue yet.”
The mess hall grew quiet. The clinking of cutlery on plates ceased, the chuckles of the crew members died down. Everyone looked up at Killer, who was holding up the poster with the flamboyant glee of a kid in a candy store. The room was thick with curiosity and confusion, like a fog that clung to the ceiling and refused to dissipate.
The poster read "Wanted. Dead Or Alive: Monkey D. Luffy" and the bounty was written in a large, bold number that could make any pirate's heart flutter with excitement: 90,000,000 berries.
The bounty poster was of a young woman with thick, nape length jet black curly hair, dark brown eyes that were almost black, her skin was so tan It looked like she had been kissed by the sun. And in the bounty poster she was sitting in a chair, A chair that suspiciously looked like Arlong’s thrown at Arlong park. Her legs were crossed, and she was looking off to the side with a serene expression, and a slightly melted popsicle in his hand. She was dressed in a dress that was made out of a fine silk and mesh spaghetti strap mini dress, the dress was a skin tight fine silk dress showing off her curbs and clinging to her body. The dress had Tiger print mesh over it, the Tiger print cutting diagonal to show off half of the black part of the dress underneath while the other half it the Tiger print, with The Tiger print going further down in the black part of the dress making a little flowy tail that fluttered in the wind. The dress was short, stopping right at her mid thigh. She had black and Orange kitten heels to match her dress, with bangle bracelets, rings, a necklace, and earrings. She was still wearing her iconic straw hat, but it didn’t make her outfit any less feminine. She even put on makeup. A gradient of glittery dark brown to a glittery burnt orange eyeshadow on her lids, eyeliner, mascara, light blush, and a nude lipstick with lipgloss over top of it.
In the bounty poster on the ground beside her Arlong lay sprawled out, looking like he just went through a meat grinder, then got hit head on by a freight train, then went through the meat grinder again, then was left in the sun to bake. His arm was bent at a disturbing angle and his teeth were knocked out, leaving only a few jagged pieces sticking out from his gums. And his scales looked bruised.
“You’re shitting me,” Kid muttered, pushing back from the table. He took the poster from Killer’s hand, his eyes narrowing at the picture of Luffy. She looked so nonchalant, so...unfazed. The very thought of someone being able to take down the likes of Arlong and still look that calm was absurd. But the more he studied the poster, the more he felt a strange mix of intrigue and respect. This girl was someone to keep an eye on.
Kid's crewmates gathered around, their eyes wide as they took in the information. “She’s got more guts than half the men we’ve encountered!” Heat exclaimed.
“And tits bigger than half the men we’ve encountered, too!” Wire added with a cheeky grin, elbowing Gig in the ribs. The room erupted into laughter, breaking the tension.
Kid rolled his eyes at the crude remark but couldn’t help but chuckle. He studied the bounty poster closer, the corners of his mouth twitching into a smirk. “Looks like we’ve got some competition, or should I say... potential?” He mused, tapping the poster with a finger. The thought of this mysterious young pirate girl with such a ludicrous bounty was too intriguing to ignore.