Not really sick, Ichigo just has bad karma. |Dd_luffymonkeyOctober 9 2008, 08:14:03 UTC
Fortunately, Luffy didn't catch any of the chaos that had happened earlier - things might've been a lot more worse if he did, actually. Instead the boy had been simply wandering around the ship once more (no matter how many times he was around the ship he could never be not amazed by its spifiness), pausing for a long snack in the kitchen (the food never seemed to run out somehow) before wandering around again, where he ended up here.
...here being.. well. Luffy certainly couldn't remember exactly where here was. The powder monkey looked about curiously as he saw the plane, approaching closer as he blinked and gazed at the machine in curiosity. Tentatively the boy raised a fist... and knocked on the machine a few times. "Heeeelllllo? Anyone in here?"
It's to make up for him winning so many ridiculous fights.flight_15October 9 2008, 14:48:58 UTC
From the sounds of it, someone had jumped. "HEY! Don't - don't DO that!" Ichigo had been so wrapped up in his work that he hadn't heard this guy approach. He ducked out from the open panel he'd been working in, and took a good look at the newcomer. "What do you want?" he asked tersely - hitting his head had not put him in the best of moods.
For every action there is an equal an opposite reacti---wait that's the wrong quote here.d_luffymonkeyOctober 9 2008, 18:41:50 UTC
Luffy's eyes widened a bit in surprise when Ichigo snapped at him from underneath the plane before other things in his mind took over and his face broke into his usual childish grin. "Hee~ nothing really~" the powder monkey replied in that happy-go-lucky tone he usually spoke with. "I just was wondering if anyone was living in this thing~"
The rubber boy then bent down to peer at Ichigo closely face to face. "And I've never seen you around! Are you new on this ship?" he asked with genuine curiosity, one possibly close to that of a five-year-old - but well, this was Luffy after all. It wasn't that surprising once one got used to it.
Who was this kid? He looked about eighteen, but acted closer to twelve. "Name's Ichigo. Ichigo Kurosaki. I hopped on at Shashta." He wasn't even thinking about the fuss his father had made - the calm, methodical work on Zangetsu had put it nearly completely out of his mind, so he wasn't worried about his name being recognized. He didn't exactly welcome the interruption, but whatever. Might as well take a break.
Luckily, Luffy hadn;t caught what had happened on the network anyway since he had been spending the earlier part of the day wandering about the ship, so it didn't have as much as an impact on him unlike the others. The powder monkey only grinned once again and then jabbed a thumb at himself as an introduction. "My name's Luffy! Monkey D. Luffy, and I'm going to be the best pirate in all of Reial one day, heh!" Despite the constant reminders that the Winding Way was most certainly not a pirate ship it didn't hurt to believe after all! "Its nice to meet you, Ichigo!"
"Pirate, huh? Then what're you doing on this ship?" Ichigo raised an eyebrow skeptically. This was probably some kid playing make-believe. Besides, what kind of a name was Monkey Luffy?
"Well..." Luffy paused there and then, eyes squeezing shut and a look of seriousness was on his face as he thought hard. "This was the first ship that looked kinda like a pirate ship in Kropmork after Mom died. So I decided to try my luck, heh!" Luffy grinned once more once after that, back to his usual goofy manner. "Plus I made a promise that I'd be the best pirate one day after all~ and I've made loads of friends here as well, like Naruto!" Speaking of which he hadn't seen his fellow shounen retard powder monkey around lately - maybe he'd just been busy...
Ichigo's scowl deepened at that. It changed his opinion of this kid a little - he had to respect someone who kept up an attitude like that after their mother's death.
Ah, well, it wasn't his place to pry. But maybe this kid had a better reason for his dream than he was letting on. He shrugged, and walked around to the other side, crouching down to the open panel he'd been interrupted on. After a moment, he barked, "Hey! If you're gonna hang around here, make yourself useful! Go get a bucket of water from the water basin in the kitchen! And clean this off!" A dirty, grease-covered rag flew out from the other side and hit Luffy square in the face.
Normally, people would've been insulted at how Ichigo was acting. Fortunately for the carrot-top this time, Luffy was one of the last in the definition of 'normal'. The rubber boy only grinned as he picked up the rag and saluted. "Right away!" he chirped happily before bouncing off to do as told, whistling merrily as he made his way to the kitchen and hurrying back, straw hat bouncing on his head all the time. As he neared the door way though Luffy then decided to hasten things.
"Your water!" he exclaimed before stretching out his arm in front of him, the water in the pail sloshing a little with the force as the appendage came to a stop in front of Ichigo. Luffy only grinned in his usual childish way - it always felt good to help a friend after all!
You know, only Ichigo would show his newly-developed bit of respect for you by glaring and telling you to get to work. But that was just how he was - he didn't say more emotional things straight-out. It was awkward.
He didn't even look up at first, barely glancing over as he took hold of the bucket and the now-clean rag inside it. "Thanks, I - !!!" He did a double-take - there wasn't a person there for that arm to be attached to! "What the hell?!" Ichigo stared, following the stretched-out arm as it curved out the door. How was - what was that?! That shouldn't be possible for someone's arm to do - !!
Luffy grinned once again as he peeked to see Ichigo's stunned expression, straw hat still bouncing on his head as retracted back his arm and wrung it as a habit. "Hee, surprised?" the powder monkey started, "Its my Gomu Gomu ability! Its really helpful in doing loads of stuff around the ship as well!" Like helping to swab the decks, fetching things, going from one place to another... anything really, so long as it was withing range - and it was pretty much infinite in that sense,
Ichigo wiped the stunned look off his face, setting it into a frown again. "That's just weird," he said, unwilling to look too impressed. "Is it just your arms? How far can you stretch, anyway?"
Maybe they were telling the truth when he heard wild stories about theater people....
"Not just my arms," Luffy replied, grin still in place. "Anywhere on by body - I've tried it before!" Arms, legs, neck... pretty much his whole body, really. All completely turned into rubber. "And I can stretch em' reeeaaalllyyy long! As far as I want, hee~!" To date, Luffy still hasn't found where he couldn't stretch it as far as he wished, actually, so it was still totally awesome~
Compared to this kid, seeing ghosts seemed normal.
Not really being one for small talk, Ichigo took the bucket and rag. He crouched down to get to the underside of the craft, and started working the grime off of the machinery. It was tedious work. After a minute or so, he spoke up again. "You always - been able to do that?" he asked, working at a particularly stubborn bit of residue.
...here being.. well. Luffy certainly couldn't remember exactly where here was. The powder monkey looked about curiously as he saw the plane, approaching closer as he blinked and gazed at the machine in curiosity. Tentatively the boy raised a fist... and knocked on the machine a few times. "Heeeelllllo? Anyone in here?"
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The rubber boy then bent down to peer at Ichigo closely face to face. "And I've never seen you around! Are you new on this ship?" he asked with genuine curiosity, one possibly close to that of a five-year-old - but well, this was Luffy after all. It wasn't that surprising once one got used to it.
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Ah, well, it wasn't his place to pry. But maybe this kid had a better reason for his dream than he was letting on. He shrugged, and walked around to the other side, crouching down to the open panel he'd been interrupted on. After a moment, he barked, "Hey! If you're gonna hang around here, make yourself useful! Go get a bucket of water from the water basin in the kitchen! And clean this off!" A dirty, grease-covered rag flew out from the other side and hit Luffy square in the face.
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"Your water!" he exclaimed before stretching out his arm in front of him, the water in the pail sloshing a little with the force as the appendage came to a stop in front of Ichigo. Luffy only grinned in his usual childish way - it always felt good to help a friend after all!
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He didn't even look up at first, barely glancing over as he took hold of the bucket and the now-clean rag inside it. "Thanks, I - !!!" He did a double-take - there wasn't a person there for that arm to be attached to! "What the hell?!" Ichigo stared, following the stretched-out arm as it curved out the door. How was - what was that?! That shouldn't be possible for someone's arm to do - !!
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Maybe they were telling the truth when he heard wild stories about theater people....
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Not really being one for small talk, Ichigo took the bucket and rag. He crouched down to get to the underside of the craft, and started working the grime off of the machinery. It was tedious work. After a minute or so, he spoke up again. "You always - been able to do that?" he asked, working at a particularly stubborn bit of residue.
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