From within the barrel emerged a monster which looked like looked like some kind of plant man. It had five vines which seemed to act as legs and two arms with four-fingered finger-like claws, and around what looked like it's head was what looked to a mouth like collar of plant matter with some yellow thorns as teeth. Strange pods lined the back, with what looked like blue eyes on each of it's shoulders and a single blue eye above it's mouth on it's face. In the centre of it's chest was a black, grey and white object. The whit form an hourglass shape vertically while the grey formed another hourglass in the opposite direction. Everything else was black or black lining for the circular object. On it's head was a yellow straw hat with a red band around the rim.
The plant monster roared as the big, tough pirates ran scared from the 'Barrel Monster' . Koby just stared in shock as his eyes opened as far as they could looking at the beast. Only to notice the white part of the object on the chest to flash red while a beeping sound could be heard. The blare of the crimson flash caused a temporary blindness in the pirate slave as he blinked his way to sight again. Where the monster had been now stood a strange older boy in the same hat, dressed in a vest-like shirt with bare-arms and some kind of shorts rolled up just above his knees. On his feet were sandals of some kind.
The boy smiled a huge grin and asked, "Hello, my name is Monkey D. Luffy. Do you want to get something to eat?"
Moments later...
The stranger had started to eat a number of apples out of a crate, stuffing his mouth with amazing yet twisted skill. The kid in the straw hat asked, "Hey, do you know if we're on a pirate ship?"
"No, we're on a cruise ship being attacked by pirates. Where did you come from and what's with the vine monster?" asked the pink hair boy, curious about the transformation he had seen which had left him stun enough to follow Luffy.
"The ship I was in hit a whirlpool and got crushed. I barely had time to turn into Mr. Vine so I could get into the barrel. Mr. Vine is one of the people I turn into thanks to the Omnitrix on my wrist. How did you get here? " said Luffy with his mouth half-full of apple.
"I was on a ship which was attacked by Alvida's pirates and they force me to decide whether to walk the plank or join the crew. Wanting to live, I joined the crew. I've been the slave of her and her entire crew since then." said Koby as he wondered if he could get something to eat, yet this could be dangerous given the hunger of his 'captain'.
"Don't you have a dream you follow? Cause I'm following my dream, it's the whole reason I came out to the sea... I want to be King of the Pirates! That's my dream, what's yours? " asked the boy as Koby's eyes flashed anger.
'He's just another one of the damned pirates! ' came the instant thought to the one who had endured the torment of those kind of sailors. This caused Koby to explode, "Pirates are good for nothing jerks who need to be locked away from everything and further more..."
This was where he stopped as the ceiling gave way to the ugly woman captain which caused terror in the pink haired boy. The woman spoke in a man-like voice, "This isn't Roronoa Zoro, I would have expected him to hunt some one as famous as me down. You think the way those idiots were running away they might have noticed the difference."
Koby was in fear for life and limb, but after Luffy spoke he was just in fear for life, "Hey Koby, who's the fat lady?"
This was a sensitive subject for the woman as Koby had experience nearly first hand, as the giant iron club of the famed female pirate slammed down where Luffy had been... until the straw hat boy had grabbed Koby and ran from the kitchen cellar to the deck. Only to confront the rest of the pirate crew. The boy just smiled and said, "Time to bring out another me!"
He hit a button on the wrist mounted device on his right arm and the face plate popped up, which he began turning as he dodged attacks. Stopping the twisting, Luffy force the face plate down again and then the changes began. His body became more muscular as his skin turned blood red, hair vanished as eyes split into four solid yellow orbs. A black line moved down his face with a single break in it as a second human sized pair of arms divided from the top pair which were growing to giant size. The finished figure, dressed in red and blue like Luffy's clothes, had to be at least nine feet tall. A deep voice roared out, "Here's Mr. Hand! "
Everyone was a stunned as Koby had been when Luffy had transformed from Mr. Vine, but rage and fear overcame the shock as pirates charged. It seemed this new Luffy seemed to have the advantage as he used his four arms to punch out pirates in all directions. Soon the pirates were standing back as they tried to figure out what was happening.
"I'm an alien man, with the Omnitrix I can become an number of different aliens. It's my mission to find One Piece and become king of not only the pirates... but King of the Space Pirates! I'm looking for a crew right now. Ten people should be enough people to be a crew, right Koby?"
"And you call me fat, you freak of nature. I'm not fat, I'm not ugly. What am I, Koby?" asked the captain as she looked at the pink haired boy.
Koby had been terrified by the pirate captain till the point that Luffy had called her fat without fearing what the effects would be. Something in this caused him to gain a single nerve of bravery and to say, "Not you, you smelly fat and old hag!"
(Posted Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:28)
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