Step One: Get First Mate!

[lily]

"Well. Yeah. I was actually going to get to that part."Emi laughed and Kaito backed up a bit to give her some personal space. "Kaito. Welcome to the crew!" Kaito smiled and said "Glad to be apart of it!"

He then procedded to put on his clothes even though they weren't completely dry yet. "So..." he said trying to break the silence a little bit "I figure i'd tell you a little about myself since we just became friends.." he scratched the back of his head "Well for starters my name is Kaito Akiyoshi! I was born in the Grand Line and i'm a beginner shipwright I guess..." he paused a little bit and backed up "I also ate a devil fruit called the Kuwaa Kuwaa no Mi...i'm a coal man!" he changed his forearm to coal as a demonstration "Lastly...i'm part cyborg" he tapped the front of his chest and a slight clunking sound could be heard.

"Now...what about you? I'm sure you must be strong if you're a captain of a pi-" Kaito cut off mid sentence as his stomach growled slightly. He chuckled a little awkwardly and said "Do you mind if we talk more over lunch? I'm a little hungry after being out at sea for so long.." he paused for a moment "It'll be my treat!" without waiting for an answer he grabbed Emi's hand and began to take her into town looking for a good place to eat.

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(OOC: XDDD hes gonna get lucky?? oooh good for him, though at his age i doubt he understands what that means =P)

Looking behind him, Tammy was still there it seems they would be eating together. Leading her to a table in the pub he sat down after helping her sit first (i dunno hes being gentleman-like?). Waving his hand to the pub owner he got them some food and drink. As he waited for the food to come he spoke up awkwardly at first. "So umm . . . Tammy is it? What do you do for a living? . . . oh i'm a historian generally speaking, i want to make a history of the world. I've got most of it but there are certain parts i am missing."

As he had spoke the food had arrived, a few trays of meat, and etc. as well as two pints of beer. Normally a 14 year old wouldn't be drinking this but well give him a break, he just got smashed in the stomach by <<' her. Grabbing at some food he ate it quickly allowing the food to fill his stomach. Taking another check at his companion he could see what seemed to be treasure chests in her eyes. Waving his hand in front of her he swallowed and said "You know you can eat now?" Smiling silently at Tammy he continued to eat again. Waiting for the answer he wondered about the girl in front of him. She was weird on the face of it, not to mention she was also personality-wise weird. Contemplating possible situations that could turn out between this girl and himself he wondered what could happen. Some situations were odder than others, though not a thought he thought of he could also get lucky ;P.

[SHADE SMASH]

The moment the food was placed in front of the girl and her poor companion, she honestly couldn't make out how to exactly react. Was this to be called treasure?! FOOD?! Well I guess if you are a boy keeping a hard biscuit as a reminder of your old deceased dog, or a little girl keeping a rotten egg as a reminder of the chicken which once sat on it, in those cases treasure may be the food. But to give treasure away was down right... down right WRONG!!!! She looked at the other one disgustedly when she saw him eat another's treasure!!! How could he do that! no, THEY?! Now that she realized it everyone was doing the same thing!!! HOW COME?!

"HOW COULD YOU JUST EAT SOMEBODY ELSE'S TREASURE!?" Suddenly Tammy could be seen standing on her chair with a foot on the table pointing accusingly at the people around her but not really looking at anyone, as if it had been an unplanned outburst, before sitting back in her chair calmly and carefully picking up the plate and shovel, and walking out of the place. Maybe it was just due to plain shock or that the staff didn't really know how to take what just happened, but it took them a long while to start realizing the girl was not only stealing a plate but was starting to look like an eat and run.

After a momentary silence in the restaurant and a brief glance between the waiters and chefs, chaos began to resume its normal order in the place and 3 men instantly ran off to find the eat and run.

[Izananana!]

Emi returned the smile she had been given by Kaito and nodded her head when he said he was glad to be a part of it. She pumped her fist a bit and grinned pretty wide. She was so excited! She had finally accomplished the first goal she had set for herself. She had honestly thought that it would take a lot longer to find a first mate than it had taken. Oh well, who cared? She just had to keep going and keep recruiting people into her crew.

Emi watched as Kaito redressed himself with his clothes that he had washed in the sea not too long ago. She heard him say 'so and she perked her ears up. Her first mate was talking and she wanted to hear what he had to say. She nodded saying that she would like to hear about him as he scratched the back of his head. He must really not know how to carry conversation with the way he was acting. It seemed to blow over though as he said his name once more then said he was born in the Grandline and that he was a beginner Shipwright.

Alright! Another thing she could mark off of her list. She didn't need to get a Shipwright since Kaito was a first mate and a Shipwright all in one. She placed her green eyes back on him as she heard him continue in his introduction after he had paused and backed up. The next thing he said made her laugh a little but it wasn't because his sentence was funny but because she too had ate a Devil Fruit. He was a Coal man while she was a Wolf woman and he had a logia type fruit while she had a Zoan type fruit. It was truly odd yet interesting. She grinned when he demonstrated his fruit power to her before continuing on saying that he was part cyborg. He proved this fact by tapping on the front of his chest with his fingers with a clunk; that was pretty interesting.

Emi smiled at the things she was learning about her first mate and found him rather interesting. She had sure picked the right person to join her crew and despite having not asked him if he could fight she figured he could. How could you have such a cool Devil Fruit power and not be able to fight? She heard him ask about herself saying she must be strong if she was the captain and blinked a couple of times when he stopped in the middle of his sentence. Of course, she had heard his stomach growl so that must have been the explanation for him cutting off mid sentence. He chuckled awkwardly and asked her if they could talk more over lunch since he was hungry. She nodded her head even though she had ate not all that long ago and laughed when he said it would be his treat. Before she really had any chance of denying if she had really wanted to, he grabbed her hand and began to take her into town to find a place to eat.

"I ate not too long ago. I'm not all that hungry right now but I could possibly eat something like a sandwich. " Emi said with a smile; she wasn't one to give up a free meal. "I'll tell you about myself as soon as she find a place to eat then."

Emi blinked, however, when she noticed a commotion over at the place she had ate at earlier. Her curiosity was set into the on position at this and she wondered what was going on. Three men had came running out of the pub and they didn't look too happy.

"Hmmm. I wonder what happened. A eat and run maybe?" Emi said aloud as she didn't have much control over saying things out loud.

[lily]

"I ate not too long ago. I'm not all that hungry right now but I could possibly eat something like a sandwich. " Kaito continued to pull her towards the center of town to look for a restaurant. "I ate not too long ago. I'm not all that hungry right now but I could possibly eat something like a sandwich. "

Kaito wasn't really paying attention as his mind was only thinking about filling his stomach. They came across a pub where there was quite a commotion going on. Emi said seemingly just voicing her thoughts "Hmmm. I wonder what happened. A eat and run maybe?" Kaito said aloud at this point "I'm gonna go see what's up....maybe I can help in some way" he let go of Emi's hand and moved towards the three men who were hurrying off in the opposite direction "Oi! You guys! What happened here?" he motioned to the men to explain to which they said "A young girl performed a dine and dash..we need to find her." One of the men pointed down the street and said "She went that way" Kaito barely even heard as he was running down the street in search of the girl.

After about a minute of searching Kaito spotted a girl with a plate full of food walking down the street. "OIIII!" Kaito yelled at her before quickly catching up "Are you the one who pulled the dine and dash earlier?"

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Sitting their in a position which combined awe with being completely confounded. His friend had just walked out, eating and running, while yelling at almost everyone in the restaurant. Filling his plate he quickly ran off after her, it was a dangerous choice but he wasn't about to lose his new friend. He was now an eat and run, he nodded quickly as he ran out after his friend catching up to her quickly though he was still struggling to carry all his stuff and food.

"Yo, what was all that about, now we're probably wanted, they'll probably noticed we ran off without paying . . ." He looked at her wondering about the answer every now and then looking back to make sure no one was chasing them, little did he know that three men had been sent out to look for them, though thus far the three men were having very little luck with their search. And for that he was very thankful.

As they walked on, a new man came up to confront he two of them, it seemed very obvious that they might be the burglars since they were still holding onto half eaten meals on plates. "OIIII!" Kaito yelled at her before quickly catching up "Are you the one who pulled the dine and dash earlier?"

Gyato turned around, "nope . . . sorry you've got the wrong people . . . " Smiling slightly he turned around and urged his partner-in-crime to keep walking.

[Izananana!]

Emi had been sure if Kaito had been paying any mind to her but after she had said something about the ruckus at the pub he responded. He let go of her hand after saying he go see what was up to see if he could help. She watched him go after the three men that had exited the pub in a rush and ask them what was going on. She couldn't really hear what they had said but looked in the direction the man had pointed when he had. Well, it looked like she had been right about the dine and dash.

It must have been true because her first mate was running down the street in the same direction. She was just about to go after him when she noticed someone, a boy, running out of the same pub with a plate in his hands. She wasn't sure but she got the thought that maybe he was a friend of the girl that had ran out earlier. He was certainly going in the same direction as her so that must have meant that they were connected. She couldn't help the feeling of wanting to chase after him as she felt that the two could possibly be pirates.

Emi wasn't going to waste one second of her time and went chasing after the boy. She was soon brought back to Kaito as he was yelling at the girl who had started the who dine and dash fiasco in the first place. The boy who she had chased after answered in place of her saying that that hadn't been them even though they were still carrying their plates. The dine and dash wasn't the thing that was on her mind at the moment and the only thing she could really think of was getting more crew members. She grabbed Kaito's wrist to pull him along as she followed after the two with her sole intent on asking them this very important question.

"Hey...You two wouldn't happen to be pirates, would you?" Emi asked obviously not trying to be casual at all. "With that dine and dash in all. One would think you are." She continued with a grin.

[lily]

"nope . . . sorry you've got the wrong people . . . " Kaito frowned and said "Why would you be carrying around a plate of food if you weren't stealing it?" He was about to say something else but was interrupted by Emi yanking his wrist and pulling him after the boy and girl.

"Oi! Emi what are you doing!?" Kaito said as he struggled to pull away. She dragged him up to the two and said "Hey...You two wouldn't happen to be pirates, would you?" Kaito's expression went from happy to shocked as he thought "Is she really doing this? No..she wouldn't...would she? No...maybe..." he shook his head hoping what Emi just said was a simple question and she wasn't going to follow up with anything else but unluckily she said "With that dine and dash in all. One would think you are."

"You can't really be thinking of inviting these guys to the crew? Would you?" Kaito sighed and shook his head before becoming silent.

A little ways off

A man and three women stood on top of a building watching Kaito, Emi, Gyato, and Tammy converse. "Heh" said the man as he picked up a weapon of some sort "I guess we have no choice...we were planning on just taking Mr.Akiyoshi but...now that he's with a crew we're going to have to take them all down." the man smirked and turned around preparing to get off of the building and go after them.


(OOC:Bounty Hunters....just my way of speeding the plot along. If you don't like it then w.e i'll edit my post)

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((OOC: spell the name right plz))

"Why would you be carrying around a plate of food if you weren't stealing it?" The question was made as they walked away, Gyato turned quickly saying "To Eat food without a mess, why else?" The obvious question deserved an equally obvious answer. He smiled and continued to push his partner on (i assume we're going to have her just quiet the whole time). Scratching his head he wondered if his obvious statement would do anything. He grabbed a sandwich and took a bite.

People were quite nosy nowadays. Getting into others business, looking around, they had yet to make a major commotion, the majority of the crowds were just moving around normally, the citizens didn't take to much out of this. Shaking his head in slight worry he continued on. As he thought, a new green-haired girl came around in front of them dragging the man from before with her.

"Hey...You two wouldn't happen to be pirates, would you? With that dine and dash in all. One would think you are." The question struck them without a second of thought. A drop of sweat came down Gyato's head, "Dine and Dash?" he questioned trying to seem oblivious "Oh no, me and my . . . sister were just taking food from our house to a relatives. . . . Now if you excuse me . . oh and by the way, on being pirates, we are nothing of the sort, right Sis?" He looked to the girl next to him who stayed perfectly quiet. Looking off to the side for a second he refocused on the questioners "That would be a yes <<''."

He tried to hide the swords which were dangling all over him, they might be obvious giveaways, although his 'partner's' shovel may not be as obvious as his swords that might also give away a bit too much. They were starting to seem very . . . suspicious.