Abon Weed, Or Gold Indicator Weed

[Kurosaki]

Blood still trickled out of the cut on Kaede's right arm but the pain from that was nothing in comparision to the arm bones that had been cracked from the furious blow. That was intense. The Archaeologist wasn't used to feeling such immense pain. Sure, she had gotten in a lot of fights as a kid, mostly because she had been challenged by boys her age that mistook her for one, but nothing had ever come out this badly for her. In fact, she had almost always if not never won those childish battles between her fellow youths. Actually, she had sent boys her age packing, crying to their mothers. But upon finding out she as actually a girl, the parents wouldn't do much about it. Admit that their perspective Marine son had been beaten by a girl?

Someone was coming for her. Kaede heard Mikan near her but already her vision was blurry from the pain. She was vaguely aware of what was going on around her. Her body shifted, however, when her brown eyes fixated on the larger form nearby. Aurora was standing there, smiling. "... Gah..." Kaede said having put too much strain on herself to keep looking to the side and upward. Focusing on anything was beginning to be very difficult. How would they win this fight when she couldn't even stand? She hated herself at that moment but wasn't afraid.

(Don't worry, I plan to have Kaede fight even though she's hurt. I just want Mikan to try on her own first maybe?)

[Mikan]

She managed to put to look at the bruised arm, and sh took out her medicine box. She took out her own handmand 'alcohol' so it won't be infected. After that, she was punched by Aurora, but that didn't affect her. You see, she has a logia devil fruit. So, the punch went through her like it was nothing, instead it turn into soft petals. She felt the impact, so she looked up, and was surprised when she saw the fat lady. She hug Kaede, and turned into petals. She carried Kaede, into a shaded, and far away spot where Aurora can't toouch her.

After she put down Kaede gently, and spread her hand made alcohol in her bruised arm. Then, she smiled towards the sneering fat lady. She then turn towards to petals, and fly towards Aurora. She then spread herself around aurora. "Flowers Trap" is the name of the attack, and one of the few ttacks she learned. While in petal form, and spinning around Aurora, some of the petals turned into flowers. Then gas came out. A poisonous gas. She then went away, and waited for the effect to happen. She smiled, and waited for the poison to activate.

[Kurosaki]

Being helpless wasn't all that fun. Kaede felt like she was in good hands though. She was worried for Mikan though when she saw Aurora prepare to punch her. "Look out...!" she said a little too late and her eyes widened when the blow passed right through her. Mikan had turned into petals in that spot. "Oh, never mind..." Kaede smirked slightly and realized that before could have been like that too if she hadn't leapt spontanously out there in front of the punch like that. Then again, at the time she hadn't been thinking of that only about protecting her friend. She felt herself being lifted and didn't fight back as she was moved to a different spot.

Mikan set her down and disinfected her arm. Kaede could tell because the stuff she rubbed on burned when it touched the gash near where the bruises on her were. The Archaeologist looked up at the Doctor gratefully though the pain hadn't been relieved just yet. She knew that she would be okay though and that was the important thing. Mikan went off to fight Aurora again and Kaede tried to shift herself so that she could see. She wanted to help and, even though she was in incredible pain, Kaede began to shift herself into a sitting position. The whole time she was careful not to shift her arm much. Getting to her feet was the hardest part but somehow she managed to stagger upward.

[Mikan]

To her dismay, the poison wasn't all that effective. She just got a headache for a minute, and looked at her with a wide grin on her face. She then chared to her like an angry bull. She turned to petals right at the last minute. After that, Aurora can't stop, so she slam as hard as she could in a tree. That worsened the poison. It gave her headache. A headache that lasts 5 minutes. It was 5 minutes enough to patch up the A5.

She turned to petals, and went towards their fight. Half of the 4 A5s are injured and near dying. Their opponent sitting looking at Aurora's fight. But when they saw the pink petals arriving on the spot, they trid cutting her, with either their sword, or shurikens.

She managed to dodge it, and took the two injured A5. She put them near Kaede, and she gave Kaede some her medicine box. "Kaede-san, pleae look after them, if you need help, just ask for me" Their opponents let her go, and sighed. The two officers sat down near a tree, and tended to their injuries. Mikan came back to where Aurora was, and the battle was on again. The 5 minutes were over, and she wasn't on her headache. She smiled, and again charged towards her. This time, though, she changed into a big bull. A zoan? she thought.

[Kurosaki]

(Mikan, that fruit is already taken by someone. Plus Amisi brought up that DF's should actually be put in the Devil Fruit board even for NPC characters. It won't count towards the two though... For now I'll just ignore that she turned into a bull at the end. )

The battle was still raging onward between Mikan and the larger woman. They were duking it out still when Kaede stood up and she was just in time to witness the woman slam into a tree and end up stunned for quite some time. The Doctor took that opportunity to transform into petals again and scattered towards the injured A5 members that were badly beaten in the area. Kaede, meanwhile, tried to stop herself succumbing to her injuries. Instead her eyes shifted to the woman who was on the ground. But she was defenseless. The archaeologist couldn't will herself to bring harm to her in that state.

Mikan brought the injured members of the A5 over to where Kaede was and instructed her to take care of them while she went off to face Aurora again. Somehow that situation didn't make much sense. Kaede knew next to nothing about patching injuries, let alone ones to that extent. Biting back pain, she made a decision and rushed forward.

Though her vision was a tad blurry, Kaede managed to come at Aurora surprisingly fast. "Fouette!" she shouted as she swung her leg outward in a roundhouse kick. The blow connected and left the fat woman stunned for a moment longer. In the meantime a panting Kaede turned to Mikan, looking like she was in terrible shape but somehow still standing tall. Blood trickled down her arm but she seemed not to notice it anymore.

"M... Mikan-chan... perhaps you should help the injured while I take care of this nuisance," Kaede said with a soft smile and a tilt of her head. "You're a doctor after all... R... Right?" The encouragement was subtle but for Kaede very caring.

[Mikan]

Mikan was stunned when she saw the fat woman charging toward her. For some reason, her legs can't move as if she was paralyze. Well, she is paralyze, in fear. She closed her eyes, and waited for the impact.

Sahi Sahi No Mi is a logia type devil fruit that makes her turn to petals. She transform to petal, and flowers. In petal form, she can evade attacks, by controlling them with her will. In flower form, she can make gasses that can effect people's state of mind, or their physical body. The weakness, though, is that when she's in petal form, she is weaken by hot weather, and when in flower form, she is weaken by cold temperatures. One more weakness, though. With large enough impact, she's still going to feel the attack, because she's not that good controlling her fruit.

She know that weakness, that is why she waited for the injury she will get after the attack. As soon as Aurora's shadow is overlapping with her hands, it suddenly vanish. She peek in front of her, and saw Kaede standing, and Aurora kicked back. After that, Kaede told her to take care of the injured. "You are still injured!", she said caring for her, as well.

[Kurosaki]

"But you're still injured!" Kaede was glad to see that Mikan cared but at the moment knew that she couldn't worry about herself. She just shook her head, knowing that she was hurt but not particularly caring. If this was her moment to die, it was a good way to go down fighting to protect this rural village from this crazy pirate. Their culture deserved to be recognized, not trampled upon like these invaders were attempting to do. All for the sake of what? Gold? Pathetic. History was far more meaningful.

"Just go!" Kaede said, gesturing for Mikan to save herself and help the others while she turned, breathing heavily still, toward the large lady. The woman was already picking her large mass up from the ground. The Archaeologist watched with an unimpressed facade. "Torro." The joke was said with a flat voice, as though she cared not whether anyone found what she had said funny. The woman was charging like a bull, after all.

That seemed to make Aurora more enraged because she suddenly launched herself in Kaede's direction. The injured Archeaologist lashed out with a sharp jab of her foot at the woman but was caught off guard when the woman dodged to the side and then slamed into her from there, sending Kaede flying into a nearby tree. She slid down it, momentarily stunned from the blow. Soon though, she was back on her feet and rushing foward to return the favor.

[Mikan]

Remember the first time you didn't obey a doctor? Well, doctors that really care for you? Well, guess what?

Mikan should be happy! I mean, Kaede-chan is doing all the fighting! That's enough, right? I mean she's powerful enough to do just that, right? She-, Mikan didn't finished her sentence when she saw Kaede slam into the tree nearby. Mikan's eyes was wide-eyed, then she shake it to forget what happened. No, I mean she could do it, see? Kaede-chan can do it! She doesn't need me! Mikan was afraid to fight with Aurora, the 18 million beli captain. No, nothing like that! One of the A5, woke up from their sleep. Without seeing Mikan in her side, she spoke without any care around her. "Where's the chosen one? Isn't she suppose to protect us? Why is that girl doing it? Is that chosen one just like Rickon?"

Two things she hates. Giving away money, and comparing her to someone useless, like Rickon. Mikan, shaking with anger, to herself but not to the injured A5 that said all that stuff, stood up. Her face is not seen while she walked toward the battle field. The girl saw her chosen one, and she quickly shut her mouth. "That's okay, you're right! I am useless!" she lift her head up to looked at the injured A5, and said, "But because I'm your "chosen one", I have to take care of this problem, right?" then she pointed to Aurora. "Get some, rest, girl~" she said calmly, and walked in the direction of the battlefield. The resting A5 blushed, and thought she was cool, then slept at her spot again. Her eyes become dark, and scary, as she walked. Her nerves in her head started popping up in a cross design, indicating that she's mad, but at who? Kaede, of course.

"Kaede-chan!!!!" she screamed, that made everyone watching, including the tribe people, A5, and the pirates looked at her. "I am a doctor, and if you're still injured, while Im tending to your injuries, you sat down, and rest your body, till you heal! Are you ruining my reputation as a doctor?" she said as she hold her hands, smiling and caring for her injured friend, and transformed to petal. She put Kaede near the A5, and came back. "Fat woman! Get ready!" she said to Aurora, smiling. Aurora blushed with anger, then charged toward the doctor.

[What is with that smile of Mikan's? Next Thread coming out probably this Monday, with pictures, and the awaiting battle of Mikan will be seen!!]

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((Nami, I changed her beli bounty to 18 million. Also, sorry for replying so long. Been busy! Btw, if you don't understand what I said in my post, just PM me or leave a note in your thread, okies? And that orange thing, just right above there, is just something a got from the manga! LOL! like, coloured pictures next chapter~ Don't, worry about it! XD))

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[Kurosaki]

(Lol! Neat post!)

"Chasse!" Kaede struck out with one leg and hit Aurora square with her foot in the gut. The woman doubled over for a moment but didn't seem anywhere close to giving up. In fact, she seemed more enraged as the battle continued. Charging at the thin boyish girl, the large woman prepared to flatten Kaede like she was a rolling pin and the archaeologist merely dough. "..." Bracing herself, Kaede went to throw herself to the side only she stopped when she heard the shout from behind and so did Aurora. They both turned as though stunned by the doctor's fierce reaction.

Staring at Mikan for a moment, Kaede seemed to be wrestling between her conviction that she wanted to reduce the fatter woman to a tub of lard and her worry that the doctor would tear her apart if she disobeyed her orders. Bowing her head slightly, she moved to hold Mikan's hands and smiled back. When Mikan turned into petals, Kaede's hands now holding air, the brown haired girl moved to go sit down with the still recoverying members of the A5. From that position, she watched with an tense air that she had never had much before. Normally things didn't bother her this badly but now she had a reason to fret. Kaede didn't want to see her friend get hurt.

[Mikan]

[shadow=black,left,300] VS. [/shadow]

[The long awaiting battle! Color Pictures!!! Get ready for the curtains will be closed with this!]

The petal lady smiled in Aurora's direction. She looked at her, and for some reason, Aurora was afraid a little. This is not the girl I fought just now, she thought to herself, whatever, Ill just kill her with my strength!, she smiled, and used her familiar move. "You know, attacks that I've seen are totally useless for me" she said courageously. Aurora stopped at where she was, and smiled nervously. "Well, this one is new! Grapple!" she said as she took Mikan's shoulder, and tried to throw her away. She was smiling, and laughing as she thought she had the full-of herself doctor. When she threw Mikan away, nothing was thrown. She could only see petals surrounding her hands. Mikan, cleverly, turned into petals just as soon she was taken to the air. She went back down, and waited until Aurora figured that out. Aurora was stunned, and felt like an idiot. She blushed, and went berserk. "You think you can fool me like that?" she said angrily, screaming in her ears.

Her movements were fast, and the doctor's eye were opened, shocked. Who could've know that the fat woman can run so fast? she thought. She looked around, and saw strips of shadow, probably from Aurora running around. As she was speeding back and forth, Mikan can hear some of her injured nakama's mumbling. "The girl is dead! It's Aurora's sama Fast Feet. With jets in her feet, no one can see her attack in different directions with her sword!" one of them said. The girl that's just beside her was mad for some reason. She whacked his head, and he yelled ow! "Why are you saying that? Look at that girl, looking at us! Now, she knows!!" she said as she pointed toward Mikan's gaze. She smiled, and put out a thumbs up. This is her ultimate technique, heh, she thought. She put up a smile, and thought, I have a plan, as she snickered in her mind.

[What is her plans? Next time: What are you thinking, Mikan? Stay tune! It might be the thread that will set the Abon tribe free!]

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[Kurosaki]

It seemed that the fat lady had a few attacks that she hadn't yet tried. Instead of charging head first at Mikan this time, she took her by the shoulder and attempted to toss the Doctor away. However, she miscalculated her skill. Mikan turned into petals in her hands and floated down. The fat woman seemed stunned, her mouth agape. Kaede found herself sitting nearby smirking at the scene. "What a moron..." she commented casually. Aurora seemed to hear that and become even more enraged as she shouted that she couldn't be fooled like that.

"Looks like you were though," Kaede called out from a distance flatly. Aurora, however, was already so angry she probably hadn't heard the remark. She began to run around back and forth. She seemed like just a blur of motion. Some of the fat lady's crew was nearby and both Kaede and Mikan could hear them talk of Aurora's "Fast Feet" attack and how she had jets in her feet. Using that, she would attack from various directions with her sword.

"Well, that was awfully helpful..." Kaede commented with a slight chuckle before relaxing. Mikan seemed like she could handle this and her friend had confidence in her abilities. Soon they would be walking away from this just fine. Already the Archaeologist's injuries seemed like a distant memory.

[Mikan]

As the archaeologist says some teasing things to Aurora, Mikan couldn't help but laugh. Sometimes she looks back at her, and point toward her. "Good one!" she always say when she does that. But now wasn't the time for that. The large woman seem to hover back and forth with her jet boots. She yawned. She was really tired, and sleepy. "Is that all you can do, Aurora?" she said putting an emphasis on Aurora, trying to sound as hurtful as possible. Aurora heard that, and was feeling nervous. This is all her powers. Nothing more. I manage to defeat other pirates with Fast Feet, and got an 18 million beri bounty. This is all what take them down. And this is all what it will kill this naughty girl, she thought. She gave out a scream, and took out a sword.

Mikan didn't notice what she did right now, but she was smiling. She knew in any of those moments, Aurora will withdrew her sword. Mikan's eye went bigger, when she saw Aurora speeding away from her. She went the opposite direction of Mikan. What a stupid- Wait! She's coming back, she thought seriously this time. She rammed the petal girl, and it blasted her away to a tree. She slid down to the ground, because of the impact. "I'm not going to lose, woman!" she said as she went back up, slowly. She transform to petal, and took out her knifes. The orange knifes was clutched deep in her hands. She hover towards the speeding Aurora. Then, Mikan changed her speed. They were hovering beside each other. If you look at Mikan, you'll see petals. Pink petals, to be exact, while at Aurora, big black blurs. The doctor in petal form blanketed the big woman with her petals, and started slashing her. "Thousand Slashes!" she said as she slash, and cut Aurora while they were running.

After that, Aurora stopped and slammed to the ground. All over her body is Mikan's cuts. She was bleeding seriously. Mikan transformed to her normal form, and breathed over and over again. She puts her knifes back at her pockets, and looked at her. "Just give up!" she yelled at her, while she was in the ground.

[Kurosaki]

It wasn't as though Kaede was bored per say. No, she wasn't. The blank look on her face was not symbolic of that in the least bit. It was just... Well, Aurora was lame. Already Kaede could see that this battle wasn't going to end well for the obese lady. She should have listened to the Doctor and eaten an apple a day... Kaede would have laughed had she been a different personality type. Instead, she merely smirked more despite the pain.

How had she found herself in this situation anyway? Kaede began to look back and realized that she had never considered getting into trouble while roaming through different islands. Though she was not worried in the least bit about dying, she wondered if it would not be a smart idea to travel with someone. Perhaps, even, she could ask Mikan to accompany her off the island. It was an interesting idea. She took out her notebook and jotted that theory down. It looked good on paper but would Mikan consent? She wouldn't know until this was all over.

Kaede looked up to see her friend turn into petals. A moment later, Aurora went down on the ground. Blood seeped into the moist soil she was laying on. Mikan went back to normal though her breathing was labored. Between pants, she yelled for the fat lady to give up. "I surrender, I surrender!" Aurora agreed, shocked that she, the 18 million beri bounty woman had been defeated, and gasping in pain.

[Mikan]

"Good!" she said as she put back her swords in it's holders strapped in her hips. Her nakama in the side were shocked. Their mouths open wide. While they did that, the last two A5, Warbon, and Tukoi, standing took some ropes, and tied them. They were still shocked when they sat on the ground. Mikan gave them a thumbs up, smiling. "Can you give me some, too, Warbon-san?" she said as she waved at him. Then, everything happened at slow motion. While she was waving at Warbon, Aurora gave out a grin, and took one of Mikan's knifes in her hips, and stabbed her. Mikan looked back at her, with a shocked look in her face. Her open mouth though quickly began to curve in convex shape. She was smiling. Aurora looked at the part where she thought she stabbed Mikan, and open her mouth in surprise.

It stabbed her, but it seems she still doesn't know what her powers were. It is a logia devil fruit. She saw the part surrounded by petals. The knife had gone through Mikan. "See? Its useless!" she said as she punched Aurora in the face. She slammed to the ground, unconscious. Mikan giggled a little bit. She took the rope handed by Warbon, and tied Aurora's hands together, and her feet, as well. She slowly walked toward Kaede, and said, "We did a good job!" as she put up her hands, demanding for a high five. After they slap hands together, Mikan laughed. Then, all of a sudden, their was a huge sound coming. It was coming from the forest. It was the whole Abon Tribe running to both of them. Mikan smiled, and said, "We did it!" happily.

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~Next Day~

Mikan walked toward one of the hut, in the used to be battlefield. She smiled, and looked around. She notice the dark trees surrounding her, and the nightly feeling it give. It was morning, but the sun didn't rise yet. She yawned, and went to the hut. She took something from her bag. It was a toothbrush. She is strict about hygiene, that is why she always brought extras. She have two toothbrushes, four toothpastes, five shampoo bottles, five conditioner bottles, six soaps still in their box, and 5 perfumes. Including a comb, baby powder for some reason, and toothpicks, flossing threads, also makeups. Her hygiene team as she call them. She smiled, and did what she always do in the morning. 4 hour Hygiene Time. I think you know what she did in those 4 hours. She went out of their washroom hut, and noticed that the sun had rise. She said hello to the sun, and continue on back her room.

She thought about what they did with the Aurora Pirates. After their battle, they tied them, and put them in their boat. It was a huge boat, I mean ship. Mikan heal their ships crew mates, which is about a hundred, and tied them up. Then, they set free the ship from the anchor, and their ship just drifted by itself. She smiled as she thought of that. She arrived at her hut, and was shocked when he saw the little white-haired boy. It was Rickon.

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[Kurosaki]

The pain from before on her arm was no match for the bruise on her back from having slammed into a tree earlier. It only resurfaced for the Archaeologist once the suspense of watching the fight had ended. Relief and pain. She kept a straight face though as she stood up and started forward toward Mikan slowly in order to clap her on the back for a job well done. Instead, however, she witnessed a scene that made her let out a small, almost inaudible, gasp. Really, no one but her had even heard it. Aurora had suddenly began to move again, seizing one of the Doctor's knives and stabbing her with it. Mikan, however, wasn't effected. Kaede stopped looking shocked though you couldn't really tell that she had ever even been surprised. She was too calm of a person.

With one punch, the fat lady was finally defeated for sure. Mikan proceeded to tie up Aurora while the A5 worked on her henchmen. Kaede turned to watch them for a moment until she saw that she was approached. Looking back, she saw that Mikan had her hands up and was saying that they did a good job. With a small smirk, Kaede nodded and high fived her back. Together all of them worked to bring Aurora, which involved a lot of huffing and puffing, and the others to their ship. The fact was, the lady had been harder than all of the hundred or so crew mates she had with her. Kaede watched as their ship began to drift away once the anchor was drawn up and felt satisfaction.

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It was the next day and Kaede found herself oddly having crashed at Mikan's place. It was early in the morning and she was on the floor laying on top of a pillow and wrapped up in a warm blanket. What time was it? She tilted her head and looked out the window. It was still dark outside. Either that or she had slept the entire next day away. Throwing the covers off, she stood up, yawned, and walked unhurriedly around the room and then the rest of the hut. Mikan herself was no where to be found though. Maria was sleeping on a nearby bed. Kaede assumed that Mikan had treated her and now she was sleeping peacefully.

"..." Kaede placed a hand gently against a window and stared out. All she could see was forest. A decision came to her mind. She had questioned the A5 after the fight about the culture. It seemed that this village had been the only settlement ever on this island. There would be no ruins for her to discover here. That meant that she had to move on to the next place.