A Chance at Love - Part 1, Chapter 2
A Chance at Love
Part 1--Chapter 2: Celebration!
"HEY, SANJI!!" Luffy called, his arm around his newly-arrived friend's shoulders, "WE GOTTA PARTY TO WELCOME KAMA BACK!!"
Stop shouting, he's right there!
Sanji flicked his finished cigarette over the railing behind him, "Whadaya mean 'we gotta'? She's been here before!"
Damn right. Not that this crew would turn down a chance to party. I'd just like to point out that they were already supposed to be having a party to celebrate that Franky joined and that they got Usopp and Robin back. Just saying.
Also, “Whadaya mean”? Goodness me, you've been watching the 4Kids dub, haven't you?
"Awwww… Come on, Sanji!!"
"No," Sanji crossed his arms, "I've cooked enough today!"
... Since when does Sanji turn down anyone when it comes to food? Sure, he doesn't like it when Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper steal food, and he may threaten not to feed people now and then. But you see, he always ends up giving them food even if he said they're not getting any.
This just makes it even more clear to me that Sanji simply doesn't like Kama. I wonder why.
Everyone around Kama and Luffy gave a let-down sigh, even Robin.
... What? Well, that's certainly out of character for Robin!
Typist, the mere hint that Robin or Nami wanted a snack or something to drink would make Sanji dash for the kitchen in less than a second. Hell, he seems to have a sixth sense that tells him when they want something to eat or drink.
Nami walked past the crowd of disappointed party-goers.
- stealing their wallets.
She went up to Sanji and looked him straight in the eye.
Er... Why?
"Eh?" the cook was a bit scared by how she was looking at him.
I'm a bit scared by how OOC everyone is right now.
"Sanji," the orange-haired girl started, but changed her face to cute and sweet, "Pretty please???"
Oh, great. As if Sanji would need to be asked sweetly. Like I said, even if he was really against giving the guys any more food, he still wouldn't be against cooking for Nami and Robin.
The blond man's nostrils flared, "Anything for you Namiiii… "
Zoro watched in a bit of disgust as Sanji merrily skipped into the kitchen.
Disgust? I'm sorry, but I have no idea what's going on here? Did Sanji and Zoro somehow band together to stand up against the OC-invasion? I have no idea why Zoro would be disgusted by Sanji getting bossed around by Nami. He would be used to it by now.
When he turned his head back around, he saw Nami glaring at him.
And why is she glaring at him? Are you going to explain that?
"WHAT?!" he roared.
CAPS LOCK RAGE FOR NO REASON!
"I didn't say anything!" she returned.
"You looked like you wanted to kill me!!"
Er... Why? Are we ever going to get any explanations for anything here?
"What?! I didn't do anything! Stop accusing me of-"
There was a boom of laughter coming from behind them.
Sounds like the typist got bored of this conversation going nowhere.
The two angrily turned to the laughing noise, "WHAT'S SO DAMNED-"
Yes, damn that someone for laughing when they're having such a heated discussion about who was staring at who in what way!
They saw that the party had started without them.
Again, there was already supposed to be a party! Remember that, typist? They were still celebrating getting Franky? Remember? Or did you forget so that they could celebrate this girl we don't know anything about?
Usopp, Chopper, Franky, and Luffy were all laughing at the new girl, Robin chuckled.
Okay, let's see it. What is she doing that is even making Robin laugh?
She was doing very poor, yet stupidly funny, impersonations of people.
... You can't just say that they're stupidly funny. That means nothing! Bad impersonations can be funny, but you have to actually show them being funny!
At the moment, she was making herself look really big. She gave a mocking snarl.
How do you make yourself look really big, anyway? Is she trying to scare off a bear?
Okay, let's look at this impression.
"I'm the meanest, badest, most hated person in all the East Blue!!" she yelled, in a terrible man-voice, "No one can defeat me! I'm sooo powerful! No one comes near me… Mainly because I smell terrible!!"
... That's... not really funny. Sure, the impressions are supposed to be bad, but this just isn't funny. Who is that supposed to be? Axe-hand Morgan?
Usopp was tearing up, "T-THAT'S SO DON KRIEG!! HAHAHA!! Ow… Ow, my gut! HAHAHA!!"
... Is Miss Goldenweek here? I think she stuck her “Colors Trap: Yellow - Color of Laughter” symbol on Usopp.
"OK. OK," Kama said, trying not to bust up, "W-who is this now?"
Laughing at your own bad jokes... That's just sad.
Out of her backpack she had laid on the ground, she took out a baseball cap. She placed it on her head backwards. From a smaller bag inside the pack, the girl took out a black eye liner pencil. With it, she drew three horizontal lines on each side of her neck.
Let me guess. Harry Potter trying to act gangsta after eating Gillyweed?
Turning to her crowd, she acted all cool, her hands on her hips.
*waves hands* I know! Kama is imitating herself! After eating Gillyweed.
There was a anticipating silence. The crowd waited, waited for her to say something. Everyone stared intently, Zoro and Nami were in the back waiting.
Waiting? So she's just standing there? What the hell?
"WHAT THE HELL?!" she shouted,
Exactly! That's what I've been saying all along! Okay, let's just watch this performance uninterrupted, shall we?
the 'performer' started pacing and making hands gestures as she ranted, "Why do I gotta be on the same planet as you people?! NO!! Why do I gotta breath the same AIR as you do?! As a superior Fish-Man I-I… I CAN'T BREATH!!!" Kama held her neck and made raspy breathing sounds, over extending it terribly, "FISH CANT BREATH AIR!! WHY'D I COME ON LAND IN THE FIRST PLACE?!!! MY MOLECULAR SIZED BRAIN DIDN'T TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT!!! I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!!" she fell to her knees and extended a hand towards the sky, "WHY?!! WHY?! Chikusho! Cruel air-filled world. You have…forsaken me…"
... You are an idiot. This imitation makes no goddamn sense, because Fishmen can breathe just fine both in the water and out of it. That's one of the reasons why some consider the fishmen and merfolk to be superior to humans. This is just a poor way to make fun of Arlong, not an imitation.
By the way... when did you get to see Arlong, Kama? And what about Krieg? These are East Blue pirates. Why the hell aren't you imitating some more well-known Grand Line pirates?
Kama then collapsed onto the deck, she stuck out her tongue. Her hand still grasping her throat, her other limbs were clumsily sprawled out. A terrible, terrible imitation of death.
Yes. … What is the point of all of this, anyway? I mean, sure, show people having fun and being idiots. After all, that is what these guys do best. But goddamn it, I have no idea who Kama is yet! Some character development before random silly stuff, please?
There was no laughing.
Yes, because it wasn't funny.
Mainly because no one could figure it out at first.
Oh, my goodness. These guys are fucking idiots.
Then, from the back of the crowd, came a snicker.
Someone finally figured it out.
All the others turned back, Kama opened an eye, lifting her head to see. To everyone's complete and utter disbelief, it was not Nami snickering, it was Zoro!
... Why the hell would he laugh at that?
A grin was across his face, "Pffft- HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Oh, my god!! Ah ha ha!! That's really good, Kama!
Clearly it wasn't good since no one could tell who it was. Idiots.
HAHAHAHA!!" he held his belly and looked around at everyone's confused faces, "It's supposed to be-Ah ha ha! … She's Arlong!!"
They had to have Zoro explain it to them? Idiots!
*whines* Why the hell is this supposed to be funny? I mean, a chuckle, I can see, but to the point where you get a stomach ache from laughing so hard? Uh, no.
The rest of the crew showed the 'ooohhhhh…' face, then started laughing. No one really knew if they were laughing at Kama's act, or the fact the Zoro figured it out first!
It's the second one.
Hey, it's the only one of the two choices that makes any sense. They didn't laugh at the act until it was explained to them, so it can't be because they thought the act was funny in the first place.
Kama sat up, she was laughing now too, mainly at the latter.
... *facepalm* Yes, it's hilarious that your joke was so bad, it had to be explained before anyone understood it.
Then, from the kitchen, they all heard, "FOOD'S READY!!!"
That was fast. Two imitations that took... what, ten minutes or so, and Sanji has already finished cooking?
Luffy was already in the dining area before Sanji finished his sentence. Usopp and Chopper raced Nami inside.
Why the hell is Nami racing into the galley? She doesn't have to compete with Luffy to get food.
Zoro, still snickering, casually walked in.
It wasn't that funny!
Robin followed him.
I swear, if there's a ZoRo pairing in this story, I'll scalp myself.
"She's quite good at that, isn't she?" Robin asked the sword master.
"Yeah," Zoro wiped a tear from his eye, "Yeah, she is."
No! No, she isn't!
On the deck, Kama was putting her stuff back into her backpack.
For some reason, she's not interested in the food that was cooked especially because of her!
Franky helped, he held it for her.
Because she couldn't do that on her own.
After everything was accounted for,
What the hell do you mean? She took out a baseball cap and an eyeliner pen. It's not like she had a box of stuff for her imitations that we got to see.
she zipped it up and slung it over her shoulder.
"Arigato!" she smiled at him.
Right. Let's start the pointless insertions of random Japanese words for no goddamn reason. Won't this be fun? In fact, why not make a little count?
I Wannabe Japanese: 1
"N-no problem!" Franky blushed a little again.
Stop blushing! What are you, a thirteen-year-old girl?
Kama grabbed the end of her coat and started to rub off the make-up on her neck.
Because she didn't have any makeup-remover in that backpack of hers. No, let's smudge it out all over her neck and coat instead, that's much better!
She turned towards the kitchen. With her free hand she pointed a finger at the door, "Iku ze! Before the foods gone!"
I Wannabe Japanese: 2
Why did she point to the door? Does she think Franky is so incredibly stupid that he doesn't know his way around on the ship he built himself? Wait. Yes, this Franky may actually be that stupid. Never mind.
Speaking of the Thousand Sunny, now that I think about it, how did Kama find them? If they only just got Franky and the new ship, and Kama hasn't been on Sunny before... wouldn't she have been looking for the Going Merry while she was looking for the Straw Hat crew?
Franky smiled to himself, then followed her to the food.
Followed her to the food? So he has already turned into her little lap dog? How shameful.
Author's Note (from deviantart description):
(based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda)
Here is chapter 2 of my Franky love story. Now we see that the party will continue! And how Kama makes people laugh!
She only makes people laugh because you, the typist, forces them to laugh.
Please enjoy!
There is Japanese (and will continue to be in later chapters):
*Chikusho- Damn it!
Oh, I missed that one. I must have been rolling my eyes too hard while reading the Arlong-imitation, so I didn't see that one. All right.
I Wannabe Japanese: 3
*Arigato- Thank you!
*Iku ze- Let's go!
Let's just forget that you could have just made them say “Damn it!” “Thank you!” and “Let's go!” instead of having this tiny glossary at the end. Because that just wouldn't be cool.
Let me just come out and say that I don't mind the use of name-suffixes in One Piece fanfics. It's not something that I even notice. What I do mind is when characters randomly spout Japanese words in the middle of speaking English, because it just stands out and looks stupid.
Onward to: Chapter 3
Back to: Chapter 1
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