Tuesday, October 10, 2006

hi N bye!1!~~~21
sorry, i am REALLLY RELLLY behind schedual~!!!!!!! so i am posting alot and for those of you who wanna read it but dnt have time.......i under stand......so um....here it is and i will TTYL!!!!!

That night, as the group set sail, Sanji, Yumi, and Zoro agreed not to say anything about their…encounter. Michiyo didn’t seem to want to tell them so they respected that. It was getting late and Sanji had just made dinner. “Hey, where are Michiyo and Yumi?” Sanji asked as he set the table. “I’ll get ‘em.” Zoro sighed as he stood up. He knocked on the door to the women’s chamber, Yumi immediately opened the door, grabbed Zoro’s hand, and pulled him in. “what the..?” Yumi pulled him down the stairs over to Michiyo. She was furiously scrubbing her hand. When she looked up, Zoro saw a hint of horror and annoyance. “Look!” Michiyo held out her hand. On her finger, was what looked like a print or a tattoo? “This showed up right after jack put that ring on my finger. I couldn’t figure out why it hurt so much when he put it on me. But it was trying to fuse to me!” Michiyo went back to scrubbing. “Weird…” Zoro said as he turned to leave. “That’s all you can say!?” Yumi asked. Zoro thought for a moment. “Yep, pretty much.” he was about to leave. “Don’t you know what this means?!” Michiyo shouted. “Ah never mind!” she put on a glove and ran upstairs. Zoro just shrugged and followed.
Michiyo and Yumi ate in silence. Neither of them even made eye contact with anyone else. After dinner, Michiyo was studying the little flute that they had found. After looking at it for a little while, Michiyo went and asked Nami “where’s that book?” Nami pulled it out and set it on the kitchen table. Michiyo studied the notes on the cover. “Curious.” She said as she looked a bit longer. But then she saw it. The markings resembled musical notes. Michiyo instinctively pulled out the flute. She raised it to her lips and began to play the notes. Hearing the beautiful music, everyone dropped what they were doing and came into the kitchen. As Michiyo completed the last bar, there was a click. In one movement, the book flung open as if it were on a spring. A blinding cloud of dust filled the room. Everyone was coughing. Sanji and Usopp ran to open the window and door. Once the dust cleared, they saw that there was actually nothing in the book. Nothing but a few unreadable markings and a strange picture. “Well, that was a waste!” Nami said, dusting herself off. “Well at least we can sell the book. It should be worth something.” Michiyo didn’t take her eyes off of it. She just stared and stared. Her hand then began to hurt. “Do…do you mind if I study it a bit?” Michiyo asked, still not taking her eyes off it. “Um…sure. You opened it.” Nami nodded. “By the way Michiyo, that music was beautiful!” Chopper exclaimed. Michiyo smiled and nodded. She took the book and went down to her room. She spent most of the night studying it. When Nami and Yumi wanted to go to bed, they urged her to do the same. But as soon as they were asleep, Michiyo took a candle and snuck upstairs. She sat on the roof of the cabins, next to the tangerine trees. Her eyes hurt from reading it over and over again. She shivered in the cold night air. All of a sudden, she felt a blanket being draped around her shoulders. She looked up to see Zoro. She smiled absentmindedly and went back to work. “You look tired. Why don’t you give it a rest?” he said. Michiyo smiled. “Do you ever stop worrying about me?” she asked with a playful smile. “No…never.” Zoro replied deeply. Michiyo looked at him, her smile faded. The light of her lamp blew out. All of a sudden, she got very cold. Sensing this, Zoro put his arm around her. At first Michiyo gave in, allowing herself to lean in on him. But her common sense got the better of her and she pulled away. “Zoro. I haven’t forgotten what I said. And, I plan to stand by it.” Michiyo picked up her book and went to bed.

The next morning, Michiyo awoke to yelling. “Is he alright?!” she heard someone yell. “Usopp! You ok?!” Michiyo blinked a couple times and sat up. She looked around the room. Nami still lay in bed. Michiyo jumped up and threw some pants on. “Come on Nami; let’s see what the fuss is about…” Nami didn’t respond. “Nami!?” Michiyo threw a pillow at her. Still nothing. Michiyo panicked and ran to her side. She was sweating yet shivering at the same time. Her face was pale. Michiyo tried to wake her desperately, but to no avail. “Guys!” she cried desperately. “Help!” she got a cloth for Nami’s head. “Please, please….” Michiyo waited. No one came. She ran up stairs and flung the door open. Everyone was running in and out of the men’s quarters. Chopper was running by with doctor supplies. Michiyo stopped him. “What happened?!” she asked. “Usopp’s sick!” he cried. “Him too!?” Michiyo threw her hands in the air. “What do you mean?” Chopper asked. “Nami’s down stairs with a fever. I can’t even wake her.” the look on choppers face went from worried to panic. They both froze when they heard someone else shout. “Luffy?!” Luffy had collapsed on the floor. Michiyo looked to Chopper. “We’ve got an epidemic!” Michiyo said in a horrified whisper. “Get him to bed!” Chopper ordered.
Everyone was worried with three crew mates down. One of them their captain. Michiyo climbed down the stairs yet again to the men’s quarters. She had been Choppers aid, but no matter what they tried, they couldn’t break the fevers. “Chopper San…you don’t look so good.” Michiyo said as she attended to Luffy. “No...I’ll be fine. I just need to rest.” Suddenly, Chopper passed out. “No!” Michiyo rubbed her head. “This is serious.” She said aloud. She placed chopper in his bed and ran up the stairs. She didn’t realize it, but she was crying. Before she entered the kitchen, she dried her eyes. “From now on, the bedrooms are quarantine. No one goes in without some sort of mask.” Michiyo announced as she walked in. “where’s Chopper?” Yumi asked. Michiyo’s head dropped. She plopped down in a chair and threw her head down. “I just don’t know what to do!” she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Yumi smiling a comforting, yet worried smile at her. She felt a hand on her knee. Zoro tried to give her the same smile…but failed. “Now what?” Sanji asked. “I think we need some one to take charge…a temporary captain…” Yumi suggested. “I nominate Michiyo!” all of them shouted at once. Michiyo looked around and smiled. “Fine…I think I know where to start.” She ran out of the room and down the stairs. She grabbed the book from her desk and began to head back. But before she left the room, she saw herself in the mirror. Her face was pale, probably from lack of sleep. But that’s not what scared her. She lifted her hair back and gasped. There was what looked like a strange little patch behind her ear. She pulled it off and suddenly felt better. She stared at the little strip until it began to dissolve into her skin. “What!?” she screamed. She ran up the stairs and almost ran into Zoro. “You ok?! We heard you scream!” Michiyo almost fell over. Zoro caught her arms and held her up. “Michiyo!?” she looked up at him with blood shot eyes.
Zoro took Michiyo into the kitchen where she caught her breath. She dropped the book on the table. But when it hit, something fell out. A sheet of gold plate fell out. Michiyo looked into the book now. It was very old, but at least it was English. Her eyes widened as she read it. “What’s it say Meesh?” Yumi asked. Michiyo seemed to try and contemplate it all in her mind. She jumped up and rushed to Zoro. She rubbed the back of his neck. Sanji and Yumi gave each other confusing looks. Finally, Michiyo smiled. She pointed behind Zoro’s ear. “Look!” she pointed. “When we opened that book, some sort of patch got stuck to each of us! When the patch dissolves, I guess it emits some sort of virus to your body…” she examined it. “Is it possible to get rid of? Is there a cure?” Sanji asked. Michiyo scanned the book and frowned. Her eyes widened and she looked up. “It’s fatal…” she barely whispered. Everyone grew silent. “But there’s a cure…” all eyes fell on Michiyo. Her eyes were cast downward. “We need to go back to that island!”

if it's too long, you can always come back and read it......um thanx to Skomie who always Reads my stry!!! tanx!!!!^^
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