One Piece: RotPQ Chapter 27

One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen

Last time on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen, with Cadrid's escape and Ch?za's defeat by the hands of Ryuudo only one problem remained; the mindless monster known as Brock. With the help of her crew and friends, Mika and Biri defeated Brock and saved Tournament City. The crew was rewarded with celebration, rewards, and information on Cadrid's destination and path. With the possibility of Mika's family in trouble, Mika set out with two new members aboard. What will befall on the Alabasta Kingdom? And will the Hurricane crew reach them in time? Stay tuned.

New Nakama, New Position,
and a New Threat!

"So what can you do other than fight?" asked Lena unwrapping another lollipop, orange. She was interrogating the new crewmate Nore. It has been a few hours since the crew left Tournament City and Pit-sang. The current sailing conditions were calm, but in the Grand Line anything can happen.

"Hmmm." said Nore as he thought over Lena's question.

"Leave him alone, Lena. Having an extra set of hands is just as good any." shouted Akio from the crow's nest.

"Bi!" nodded Biri sitting next Akio on the mast.

"Ugh, stop yelling! Ow." shouted Drake having finally recovered from being drunk and now suffering from a hangover.

"Here you go Drake." said Nicole as she handed Drake a medical herb. "It may take a bit, but the Drinker's Relief should at least ease the headaches."

"Thanks Nicole." said Drake softly as he ate the herb. Nicole smiled and nodded leaving the man to the side of the railing and walked over to where Lena and Nore were.

"I know many different kinds of martial arts." stated Nore.

"Oh, that would be helpful." said Nicole.

"Only for the restless fighting idiots here."

"Oi, Oi." shouted the three male fighters.

"Yes that is true, but I was thinking for ourselves."

"Huh?" Lena looked at the older girl curiously while also gaining Nore's attention as well.

"You have to admit Lena, you won't always have ammunition to fight. And I may not always have plants to aid me."

"That's true."

"If you want my advise," said Nore gaining the two girls attention. "you should develop your own style to cover your weaknesses. With that your strength will improve greatly."

"Hmm."

"That's great advice Nore, thank you." smiled Nicole happily. Nore gave her his own smile and nodded.

"Hey! What about that weather thing?" The group turned to see Mika, who was cautiously hiding behind a corner.

"Weather thing?" questioned Nicole confusedly.

"Mika, why are you hiding?" asked Lena with a confused stare.

"Because once Drake finally recovers, she'll receive one of his legendary punishments." smirked Akio overhearing Lena's question.

"Punishments?" said the two girls. Both then looked over at the man who was staring out to sea.

"Bii?"

"Namika," The girl's attention as quickly changed back to Nore as the were surprised to hear him use Mika's full name.

"Uh, ya?" said Mika curiously having never been addressed by her full name unless she was in trouble.

"A storm is approaching." Nore's statement caught the attention of everyone.

"A storm?" questioned Mika as she looked up towards the sky to see it barely cloudless.

"That's crazy, there's barely a cloud in the sky! What makes you so sure it is going to storm?" asked Ryuudo currently at the helm.

"You listen to your ego, I listen to the earth." stated Nore in a serious tone.

"Yeah sure, you do that." said Ryuudo uninterestedly. "But I'm telling ya, there's no storm a-"

"Storm off the port!" shouted Akio pointing in said direction. The crew quickly turned to where Akio spoke seeing a mass of black clouds heading right for them.

"What!?"

"Bi bi bi biri!" panicked the bird as it flew down from the mast and into the cabin,

"Heh, like a said." smirked Drake as he started preparing from for the coming storm.

"Quite you!" shouted the crew, minus Mika and Nore, as everyone immediately began to preparations.

After the storm an hour or so later.

"Alright! I've decided!" smirked Mika drenched in water addressing her tired crew.

"Biiiri?" questioned Biri as he stuck his head out of the cabin to see how the crew did.

"W-what!" huffed Lena lying tiredly on the deck.

"Nore will be our weatherman!" smiled Mika causing the crew to sweat-drop.

"Is that even a real position?" questioned Ryuudo.

"Sounds like someone who actually has no clue what the weather's gonna do yet people still trust them." stated Lena.

"With what we've been through so far, maybe having someone who can predict the weather would be good." said Nicole agreeing with Mika.

"I think it's a good idea, what do you say Nore?" said Drake looking over at Nore leaning against the mast.

"Hmm, I don't mind." softly smiled Nore.

"As long as he doesn't mind sparing every now and then."

"A toned body is a healthy mind."

"Then it's decided! You'll be our weatherman, your job is to inform us if anything weathery happens." smiled Mika as she explained the brand new position to the crew's newest nakama. Nore smirked a bit and nodded understanding his position.

"What about Biri? Does he need a position?" asked Nicole as she patted the bird's head.

"Shishi, that's easy. He's our messenger/battle partner." chuckled Mika causing many of the crew to chuckle along with her.

"Hey! Let's celebrate our new nakama!" exclaimed Mika with her new idea. Most the crew just moaned in response, though in the end a toast was given to Nore and Biri. And so, with the formalities done, the crew sailed on with their captain ever hopeful that they weren't too late.

At night, some days after the Tournament city incident, a rather large ship was docked outside the port town of Nanohana of the Alabasta Kingdom. The ship's crew was in a hurry, they were already in deep shit with the boss. Any more failure and they'll be 'sleeping with the fishes'. Only one man seemed calmed about the situation; Cadrid. The man was more furious at how their 'associate' was making them wait for so long. Tapping his foot impatiently, Cadrid stared out to sea waiting for the 'associate'.

"Where is he?" said Cadrid rhetorically and impatiently.

"Sir! We've spotted a small dingy out the starboard." stated one of the men. Cadrid gave a sigh of relief as he followed the man to the starboard side.

"Finally." As Cadrid looked towards the sleeping island, he could see the small dingy in question being rowed by one large hooded man. Eventually the small dingy docked next to the much bigger boat and a rope ladder was thrown down to allow the man to climb aboard.

"It's about time, we are strapped for time." stated Cadrid frustratedly as the man stepped aboard.

"Sorry, I just received an update from my partners." apologized the large hooded man, who stood only a two feet taller than Cadrid, in a gruff voice. "And don't worry, everything will be ready and set. After all, I pride myself in my excellent planning."

"You better hope this plan works. The boss isn't a patient man." said Cadrid with a slight worried tone.

"Don't worry, everything is in place. We are ready to move and once I make it to Alubarna we'll begin the operation."

"Good, leave tomorrow." ordered Cadrid with great severity. The man nodded and began walking back to the rope ladder.

"Remember, you won't get the package until you pay us, in cash." warned the man before he climbed down the rope ladder. He then rowed back to Nanohana to prepare for tomorrow unable to see the devious smirk which Cadrid now bore.

Meanwhile many nautical miles away, the Draco Bliss was sailing smoothly over the clear ocean. Most of its crew were tucked away in blissful dreaming. The only one not asleep was Drake for he was on night duty. As usual, Drake stayed at the helm making sure that the ship was in line with the Log Pose. Of course, that wasn't the only thing he was doing. At this moment, he was staring up into the sky looking over the stars and constellations. He smirked looking a several sets of stars he had familiarized with.

"Better keep an eye on Lena for awhile." softly chuckled Drake as he continued his gaze over the stares taking another swig from his bottle. Until he got to one of his favorite star only to quickly be surprised.

"That's interesting." mumbled Drake curiously as he took in some new information of our favorite captain.

Next day, a familiar medium sized boat came sailing off from the horizon with its whole crew awake and geared.

"Finally! We made it!" shouted Mika excitingly.

"And as you can see, the island isn't up in smoke." stated Akio pointing to Sandy Island.

"Shishishi, I guess I overreacted a bit." chuckled Mika.

"So what's are pl-"

"Incoming!" shouted Ryuudo panicky interrupting Lena. Before the crew could say anything, off the side of the boat a large splash dowsed the crew.

"What the!" shouted Lena, loosing her lollipop, as she looked off the side to see.

"Marines!" The crew looked in Lena's direction to see that a single marine battleship as making it's way towards the small crew.

"Aw crap!" muttered Drake as he got back to the helm and turned the Draco to the opposite direction of the battleship.

"Sir, the Mika pirates are making a break for it." stated a marine addressing to the marine commodore.

The man being addressed was a stern looking man though quite thin compared to bulkier marines. While he whore the typically marine coat with the the insignia 'Justice' on it, but underneath it was what looked like a Desert sand colored hunter clothes and hat (Think the hunter from Jumanji). He had dirty blonde hair with an odd mustache that looked like it went around his face. On his back he carried an odd looking gun that looked like it was made roughly a hundred years ago, but modified to shot multiply rounds.

"Very good, chaps." said the commodore with a  stern British accent. "Let's deal with these rookies like we did with the last batch."

"Aye, aye, Commodore Winston!" saluted the marine soldiers as the continued their attacks on the rookie pirates.

"I thought you said that we would only have to worry about the Royal Army!" shouted Lena as the entire seemed panicked. A round of cannonballs came splashing down. Luckily, they were to spaced out and failed to hit the Draco.

"I guess it's just not our day." replied Drake a bit frustrated.

"Bi bibibibi Ri!" screamed the bird frantically as he ran all over the deck.

"We should fight!" suggested Mika excitingly as he watched the marine ship behind them.

"There's no way the Draco could take on a marine battleship!" stated Ryuudo. Another wave of canon fire came still missing the small ship, but only slightly.

"He's right Mika." agreed Nicole as she hanged onto the railing.

"But we don't have anywhere to hide." stated Akio as he brought his gloves for the possible fight.

"Yet." The crew looked towards Nore, who had taken interest in the Sandora river that emptied out into the ocean.

"Selena, do you have any large scale smokescreen bullets?" asked Nore as he looked back at the crew.

"Well, I have worked on a cannonball sized smokescreen for the ship." said Lena, slightly taken back by their new crewmate using her full name. "In case we ever needed to make a quick escape, but it wasn't been tested."

"Good, looks like we can test it then. Load it up into the side cannons." smiled Nore. Lena nodded and ran below deck. Nore then turned to Ryuudo. "Do you think you can stop a battleship?"

"Heh, it'll be like my old ship-wrecker days." smirked Ryuudo confidently. Catching Nore's plan Ryuudo quickly jumped into the sea.

"Drake, can you turn the ship to its side?" Drake gave Nore a salute and began turning the wheel.

"Yeah! Let's fight!" cheered Mika getting caught up in the moment.

"What's your plan?" asked Akio with Nicole also giving the man a curious look.

"We're about to do a disappearing act." stated Nore confidently smiling as he looked back at the marine battleship.

"Sir, the enemy seems to be preparing to attack us." said the marine soldier.

"Hmm, gusty move pirates, let us show them the consequences of arrogance, shall we men." said Commodore Winston. The marines cheered and were about to continue their attack until the ship suddenly jerked.

"My lord!" said the commodore in surprise as he regained his balance. "Report!"

"Sir, we must have hit a reef!" said a marine soldier. Many others were looking over the railing to check what may have stopped them.

"Nonsense! Their no reefs around here!" said Commodore Winston as he too checked over the railing. Like many of the men he couldn't see anything that could possibly stop a marine battleship.

'Grrr. Hurry up Lena!' inwardly growled Ryuudo as he held onto the bottom of the battleship and pulled the opposite direction of where it wanted to go.

"It's loaded!" shouted Lena from below deck.

"You may f-"

"Fire Away Lena!" shouted Mika excitingly before Nore could finish. Lena heard Mika and fired the cannon.

"Sir! The pirates are firing on us!" shouted a marine soldier bringing the commodore out of his thoughts.

"Damn, we were distracted." growled Commodore Winston. "Men! Stop gawking and start-"

***CRAACK*** ***BOOOOM*** ***PHOOOSH***

"Ahhhh!" screamed the soldiers as the smokescreen cannon crashed into the deck. Instantly, an explosion of black smoke soon covered the deck blinding the crew.

'That's my cue.' thought Ryuudo as he heard the sound of an explosion from inside the battleship. He let go of the ship and then swam off towards the Draco.

"Cough...cough...cough, Commodore are you okay." yelled a concerned marine soldier.

"I'm fine, soldier." said Commodore Winston even more frustrated. "What's the damage."

"The upper deck is partially destroyed as well as the second and third floor. Nothing of importance was damaged or destroyed." stated the soldier.

"Good, then continue firing at the Mika pirates then." ordered Commodore Winston. The men nodded and got back to their position. However.

"Sir! We lost sight of them!"

"What!" yelled the commodore as he passed through the smoke to find the Mika pirates ship gone. Not only that, but the battleship was quite a distance away from where it was supposedly stopped. "Blast! They must have given us the slip."

"Orders sir."

"Return to base and inform the Royal Army and Navy about the pirates."

"Aye, aye!" saluted the marines.

"That was close." sighed Lena in relief as she relaxed against the mast. The whole crew seemed to be partially spent after all the action they had just seen. The Draco Bliss was securely hidden in a well-covered cove just outside where the Sandora River emptied into the sea.

"Aw~, I wanted to kick their asses." whined Mika.

"Same here." sighed Akio oddly enough.

"You guys really do make a perfect couple." commented Lena.

"Hey!" shouted Akio while Mika looked at the younger girl confusedly.

"Heh, heh, looks like my line got stolen." softly chuckled Drake. He then turned to Nore resting next to Biri. "How did you know about this little hiding spot?"

"Those." said Nore as he pointed towards the other side of the Draco. The crew looked over the railing to see weird seals wearing turtle shells.

"What are those!" said Mika excitingly gaining both the attention of the crew and the animals.

"Du du!" said one of the seal things acting as if challenging the crew.

"I think it wants to fight." grinned Akio at the sound of the challenge. He placed his gloves on and was was about to jump off then attack the seal-turtle thing until Lena and Ryuudo quickly grabbed him.

"Hold on! We don't want to piss off anymore people!" said Lena in worry.

"Let's just get to Nanohana and,-"

"I win!" The crew looked back to see the same dugong unconscious and beaten by Mika.

"Mika!" shouted the three. From behind the triumphant Mika the other dugongs looked on Mika with great interest.

"What are they doing?" asked Nicole curiously.

"Ah! Here they are." The crew looked back to see Drake with a book in hand. "They're Kung-Fu Dugongs, classified as type B creatures, and famous for their martial art skills and strength. Their code of honor states that once they are defeated, they become that person's follower."

"Thanks Dexter*." commented Lena.

"So that means..." said Akio as he looked back to see Mika and the other Kung-Fu Dugongs in a training session.

"Wow! This is so cool!" smiled Mika as she just repeatedly punch air.

"An army of mini Mikas." sweat-drop the three realizing the error they may have just made.

"Actually, this could be helpful." said Nicole with an idea. The group looked at the older girl quizzically. "Mika, do you think you could get the Dugongs to watch our ship?"

"That's a great idea!" smiled Mika as she then turned to address the dugongs.

"Good thinking, Nicolette." commented Nore slightly shocking the girl slightly.

"Uh, thank you."

"Well, I'm glad we got something to watch our ship while we trek through Sandy Island." commented Drake.

"Trek?" stated Ryuudo, Lena, and Nicole curiously. Drake gave a sigh and dug through another of his pockets pulling out another map.

"From here, we should head to Nanohana. For supplies and probably a guide. From there will be walking thought the Sandora desert for a few days until we finally hit Alubarna." said Drake as he pointed out their intended path.

"That looks rather difficult." mentioned Nicole worriedly.

"Quite, but if we have a guide it should at least make the journey easier." stated Drake with a confident smile as he rolled up the map.

"Hey guys!" shouted Mika as she climbed aboard the Draco. "The Private Mika army agreed to watch the ship."

"Du!" said a Kung-Fu Dugong as it hopped onto the ship giving them the thumbs up.

"Biri Bi." waved Biri to the dugong receiving a happy wave in return.

"Good work, let's get packed and moving." said Drake.

"Yosh!" cheered the crew as the each packed for the upcoming trip.

Outskirts of Nanohana.

"You doing okay Ryuudo?" asked Nicole wearing a white shirt and light tan shorts. She along with Lena, Mika, Akio, and Nore were up ahead of Ryuudo and Drake, while Biri kept to the sky, with the city was only a few feet away.

"Ugh, doing fine." said Ryuudo though actually quite hot. Ryuudo was most unfortunate to have to wear his full on disguise which covered part of his body.

"What about you Drake?" called out Lena wearing a lighter version of her usual clothes.

"Fan-fucking-tastic!" yelled Drake, wearing a white short sleeved hoodie with his dragon symbol on his right arm with tan cargo pants, with an odd happy tone scaring the young teen.

"Is he okay?" asked Lena this to Akio and Mika.

"Yeah, he's fine, but Drake hates extreme weather like this." stated Akio, wearing a white shirt and jeans, calmly. Nore, actually wearing a shirt with his white towel around the back of his neck, looked back at the older crewmate with great curiosity.

"He gets really cranky or he stays inside until we can force him to play." smiled Mika, wearing a  yellow skirt with a red skirt, having recalled past experiences.

"We're here." stated Nore calmly gaining the group's attention. With a few feet of distance left, the group could already see that the city was crowded with people completely indifferent about the heat.

"Finally!" shouted the two in the back in rejoice.

"Alright, remember your jobs." stated Akio looking back at the group.

"And everyone has their allowance and money needed for supplies." added Mika.

"Right, me, Ryuudo and Nore will gather supplies." said Nicole.

"And everyone else will search for a guide." stated Akio.

"Eh, you might want to make a third group." stated Lena pointing towards town. The group looked into town to find Mika already running off.

"Food!"

"Dammit Mika!" shouted Akio in comical frustration.

"I'll search for her, Akio. Starting to get used to it by now." said Lena as she began to casual walk into to after Mika.

"Fine, good luck everyone." stated Akio to the group, All of them nodded and the groups split off to due their task.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Next time on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen,

???: Should I warm up some tea for you sir?

Winston: Send some of the men into Nanohana, and keep an eye for "Spark Fist" Mika.

Ryuudo: No Nicole.

Akio: Would you please calm down, it's honestly not that bad out here.

???: Heh, heh, I'm only repeating stories I've already heard of once before.

???: Is this Commodore "Hunter" Winston of Marine Base 21 on Sandy Island.

Next time: Escape to the Desert! With the Man with A Thousand Tales

Mika: No time! Let's go!

Hurricane Theater
Monster Tamer Mika!

"Mika and Magician 1st class Nicole set out on a journey to recruit monsters for the sake of defeating Body-shredding Brock. With adding Centuar Lena and Biri-Z, the group trudged through a swamp where they were suddenly attacked by the Ogre Akio." narrated Chibi Nicole as she recalled the recent events from last chapter.

"I'm a bandit! Hand over all your money!" shouted Ogre Akio as he launched fast pace punches aimed for Mika.

"Shishishi, you'll be perfect. I'll tame you!" declared Mika confidently. "Biri-Z! Egg please!"

"Bii Ri!" nodded Biri-Z as he quickly laid an egg.

"Ah! That bird lays golden eggs!" said Ogre Akio in amazement. He quickly changed direction and ran for Biri-Z.

"Biiii!" screamed Biri-Z leaving the egg.

"I got it!" yelled Centaur Lena as she scooped the egg up right before Ogre Akio could snatch it.

"Hey! That's mine!"

"Catch Mika!" Centaur Lena then threw the egg with all her might. Ogre Akio quickly went into action, but found that his legs wouldn't move.

"Hactans Seniv." said Chibi Nicole casting spell tying Ogre Akio in vines.

"Rraaw! Damn you!"

"Got it!" smiled Chibi Mika as she caught and ate the egg. Immediately, the girl started to glow in electrical energy.

"What the!"

"Know your place, Ogre Akio." smirked Chibi Mika as she launched her attack at Ogre Akio.

***BZZZZT***

"Ahhh!" screamed Ogre Akio then fell in a crumbled and charred lump.

"Good job, Mika." smiled Chibi Nicole with Biri-Z nodding in agreement.

"But you might've over done it?" questioned Centaur Lena as she kicked the ogre.

"Ah!" screamed Ogre Akio

"Ahhhh/Biiiriii!"screamed the group in surprise. The monster then slowly sat himself up, way too tired to actually continue.

"You are quite tough, for a girl." commented Ogre Akio.

"I'm Monster Tamer Mika, and I'm recruiting monsters to help battle Body-shredding Brock." smiled Chibi Mika as she extended her hand to shake.

"Hmm, Body-shredding Brock, huh? He's a monster's monster." stated Akio sternly disheartening the group a bit. However, he quickly smirked and shook Mika's hand. "Sounds like a real challenge. I'm in."

"Awesome, welcome aboard."

"Hello, I'm Magician 1st class Nicole." smiled Chibi Nicole as she approached the ogre and began to heal him. "Oh! And this is Biri-Z."

"Bi bi." said Biri-Z nervously hiding behind Centaur Lena.

"I'm Centaur Lena, welcome to our enslavement." joked Centaur Lena causing the group to laugh.

"And so, the ogre Akio, with his endless stream of attacks, joined the party." narrated Chibi Nicole as the group finally left the swamp.

"To be continued." smiled and waved Chibi Nicole as she looked at you, the reader.