Tuesday, September 19, 2006

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN ARG!
yea, i jst got up....um i am so tirerd but i will post the next part of my story....juist to vlear things up....i did not just right it this minute....i had alll this written ahead of time........like i said.....i have 39 pages written and still going......oh....yea, today is national Talk Like a Pirate day! ARG! MATEY! hehe!


The next morning Michiyo overslept. But so did Ussop and Luffy. She finally awoke when she heard Nami shout “Land ho!” Michiyo jumped up and ran out side. Indeed, there was an island up ahead. In Nami’s hands was the paper Yumi had stuck in her maps. This made Michiyo feel all the more worried.
Zoro still didn’t say much. She didn’t either. They all just did what they were supposed to do to help dock the ship.
When they got to land Nami had two maps. “There are supposedly two routes to the treasure. I think we should split up and go on each trail.” Explained Nami. “Luffy, you Ussop and chopper go with me. The rest of you are the other group. “Are you sure you want us to help?” Michiyo asked timidly. “Well, now that you’re part of our crew…” Luffy began. Michiyo didn’t hear the rest. She was smiling to wide. “You…you mean it?” the smile on Luffy’s face told her yes. “Welcome aboard!” cried chopper as he did a little happy dance. Michiyo looked back at Yumi. She had a shocked look on her face. Michiyo couldn’t tell if it was happy or disappointed. As they were all packing to go, Nami whispered to Yumi “You don’t have to thank me. I just want the treasure. I don’t care who I’m stuck with.” she winked at Yumi and got her group together. “She doesn’t know how wrong she is.” Yumi thought to herself.
The two groups departed. Yumi’s group stayed silent as they trudged through the forest. The only person making noise was Yumi, who would occasionally mumble to herself as she read the map. They decided after an hour and a half of searching, to take a break. Yumi ran up ahead to check something on the map. After Yumi had been gone for a while, Sanji went to check on her. There was a long silence between Zoro and Michiyo. Finally, Michiyo broke the silence. “Zoro, I’m really sor…” she was cut off by a slight shaking. Then it got stronger and stronger. Zoro pushed Michiyo out of the way of a falling tree branch. He shielded her until the shaking stopped. Zoro stood up and helped Michiyo. “What was that?” she asked, almost to herself. All of a sudden, Zoro cried out in pain. He fell to his knees. “Zoro!” Michiyo cried as she dropped to his side. She looked at his leg. The tree had fallen onto his leg damaging it slightly. “Oh, Zoro…” She pulled the branches off of him. There was a rather large gash in his thigh. She then ripped her sleeves off and wrapped the wound with them. Zoro somewhat stared at the scars on her arm. He felt really sorry for her. “Thanks...” he said breathing heavily. “No… thank you for protecting me.” She replied with a look of concern on her face. “What do you think caused that?” Zoro asked. Michiyo didn’t answer. Instead, she helped Zoro up. She started to call out “Sanji! Yumi!” no answer. Worried, she continued on. As they kept going, Zoro stopped. He taped Michiyo and pointed to the ground. There, was Sanji’s tie, lying on the ground. But that’s not what scared Michiyo. It was the blood that stained it.
Michiyo stared at the tie for a long time. She sighed and put it in her pocket. Zoro couldn’t tell how she felt. The expression on her face was emotionless. She kept walking but said nothing. She seemed determined to find Sanji and Yumi.
They kept walking until Zoro said: “I’m sure they’re fine.” She still said nothing and kept going.
After awhile, Michiyo stopped suddenly. She looked down and saw Yumi’s choker on the ground. “What the…” she began to be visibly worried. She began to run, desperate to find her friends. Branches and thorns tore at her clothes. After they passed a small group of bushes, they came to a small clearing with a waterfall. Zoro suggested they take a break. Michiyo just sat and stared at the items in her hand. Zoro walked over to the fall. He took his swords off and bent down to get a drink. When he looked up, something caught his eye. It looked like there was something behind the waterfall. “Michiyo…” he called. She looked up, half listening. He pointed behind the waterfall. She didn’t understand. All of a sudden, they heard what sounded like a desperate mumbling sound. It was coming from the waterfall. Michiyo stood up quickly. They waded through the water until they got close to the fall. Zoro was right. There was a small cave behind the rushing waters. Towards the back of the cave, they saw Sanji, tied and gagged.
Michiyo rushed over to untie him. Zoro was starting to get a weird feeling from all this. Sanji was trying to scream something desperately. “Oh, Sanji, are you ok?” His head was slightly bloody. Seeing this, Michiyo began to untie him. As soon as she did, Sanji pulled out the gag. “You need to get outta here! This is all a trap!!!” before Michiyo could respond, Zoro shouted “What…hey! Where are my swords!?”
Zoro looked around but saw nothing. Out of nowhere, a shadowy figure swooped down from the ceiling of the cave and knocked down Zoro. Michiyo filled with rage. Without thinking, she lunged towards the figure. But before she could grab it, it dove into the water. Michiyo watched as “it” emerged. She was shocked and horrified to see it was
Yumi.
“Yu…Yumi?” Michiyo’s voice was almost a whisper. “Stay back!” she ordered as she pulled a gun from her pocket. “What…why are you doing this?” she was at a loss for words. “Is it that hard to figure out?” Yumi smirked. “The Straw Hat Crew has one of the largest bounties on the Grand Line…well, except for Sanji. He doesn’t have one at all.” Sanji glared at her. “But how…why…we’re your friends!” Michiyo was fuming. “Ha! Friends? I was using you all from the beginning…even you. Unless…” Yumi’s smirk had dissolved and she even seemed less enthusiastic. “I was ordered to bring the heads of these guys to…HIM. HE is one of the greatest and most secretive bounty hunters on the whole ocean.” By now, Michiyo, Sanji and Zoro had made it back to dry land and were now looking Yumi in the face. “Michiyo, if you join me now, we can take out these losers and collect there bounties together. I will split the profits fifty fifty. We can still be friends.” “No.” Michiyo said firmly. “I’m apart of the Straw Hat Crew. That means, if you kill them, you have to kill me too.” Yumi sighed and shook her head. “I’m…I’m sorry then.” Yumi said quietly. She raised the gun and closed her eyes. “Wait.” Sanji grabbed her hand. “I have an idea.” He lit his cigarette. Yumi looked slightly disgusted. “You battle one of us fairly. If we win, you have to let us go.” He thought for a moment. “But wait…even if you do win, there is no way you will be able to take all of us out by yourself.” “Oh contraire. I have an accomplice on there way to help me…we just arrived before they got here.” Yumi seemed like she was trying to convince herself. But she thought for a minute. Finally she said “fine…a battle it is. But I get to choose who.” Sanji nodded. She stood for a moment, deep in thought. Her eyes suddenly brightened. She smirked then took a few steps back. “Michiyo…” she began. “Bring it on.”

yea...crappy place to stop...i am running late and i like cliff hangers...those of you who wanted action got it.....well wait till tomarrow,,,,,,
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