Show Me The Gold! [Goggles Recruitment 1; Kaito]

[Izananana!]

It seemed like it had been forever since she had last seen an island. Of course the girl knew she was exaggerating but she couldn't help but do it. She didn't have much she could do by herself but sleep and lay in the sun as she waited for her ship to make contact with something. Shoving off from her home island had been so exciting but now there was absolutely nothing for her to do but just sit and stare at the sky. She had already began to talk to birds as they passed above her tiny fishing boat but none of them wanted to stop for her.

Emi rolled over onto her side and huffed in anger like a little kid would. She may be 17 and old enough to set off to become a pirate but she acted far from it sometimes. Her grandparents had already told her that she wouldn't amount to anything as a pirate captain and if she didn't come home after failing she'd end up dead. They didn't believe in her at all and that made her upset but her mother made up for that. She had packed her lunches to last her until she got to the next island.

Too bad she had already drifted off away from the island closest to her home and was completely out of food. She was starving and dying in the heat of boredom. The sun was going to dry her out and burn her to death! She couldn't take another moment of the heat or the hunger and she threw a little tantrum by rolling around the small confines of her boat. She ended up colliding with the wall as she misjudged her distance from it and yelped before rubbing her forehead.

The green haired female decided to just stick to laying still on her back as it was the safest thing for her. Her luck would just end up with her rocking the boat too much and almost throw her out. Water was not the best thing for her as she had been cursed when she was a few years younger by the kids in her hometown. She was naive to say the least and had trustingly took a devil fruit from them to eat but now she was zoan fruit user. Come to think of it that was one of the reasons her grandparents had said what they had said.

Emi almost jumped up in surprise when her boat collided into what seemed to be on of the docks to the next island. She had been so busy wallowing in starvation and frustration that she didn't even bother to sit up to check where she was. Upon noticing the dock she sat up as if on cue and looked around. She blinked a few times to make sure it was truly there and not her hallucinating from lack of food and the sun. Nope it was really there!

She shrieked out of happiness and tied her boat to the dock as fast as she could without slipping. She jumped out of her boat catching herself on the dock rather easily and took off in a sprint towards the mainland. She couldn't believe just how much she had missed being on dry land where she had not risk of accidentally falling into the ocean and drowning in a very unpirate like fashion. Once her booted feet reached the end of the dock onto the solid ground, she dropped to the ground and began to roll around squealing as she did in excitement. It was a rather easy thing for her to do now as she didn't have any restrictions like the walls of her boat and she had also completely forgot to grab her swords as she left her boat.

"Dry land how I've missed you~!! NO MORE OCEAN! AND FOOD! GLORIOUS, GLORIOUS FOOD!!!" Emi exclaimed as she continued to roll about of the island that she had landed on.

[lily]

Kaito was banging on a ship at the docks near where Emi was docked and rolling around on the ground. He had been requested to do a job for a man in town who worked at a bar and needed to send things to the next island in a sturdy boat that wouldn't get raided by pirates. Since he needed a fast power source so they wouldn't always need to use the sails Kaito had managed to install a furnace on the ship and gave it a motor to make it easier to move.

He was sweating profusely on this hot day as he finished up the last touches and was greeted by the barkeep who said "This looks amazing! Thank you...um..you're name?" Kaito smiled up at the man and said "It's..." he paused for a moment as he realized he had a very high bounty for someone in the Blues. "Kai." he said with a nervous smile as the man got out money and went to pay Kaito as he went over to his ship. Kaito picked up his tool box and began to walk up the dock as he saw a green haired girl rolliing all over the ground. He was confused but intrigued and so he walked up before waving and saying "Hello? Are you okay?" she didn't look like she was from around the area...but neither was he so he figured she might be someone interesting to talk to instead of just waiting for more business to come in at this small port. As Kaito looked down at Emi who was rolling around on the dock he saw that she was near a boat that seemed to have been sailing for days as it was covered in scraps and discarded food. He then looked at Emi who seemed to be looking hungry and so he said "Did you just come out from the ocean? And are you hungry?"

[Izananana!]

Since the weather had just been killing her while she was laying about doing nothing on her ship, she had decided to change into something a lot cooler than her usual outfit. Long before she had actually drifted to the dock of the island she was rolling about on she had changed into a lime green spaghetti strap tank top and a pair of short jean shorts. It didn't look like it could be any cooler of an outfit than her former one but she would reassure anyone that it most definitely was. By this time though the outfit was far from clean as it might have been when she had changed into it. The outfit now have dirt smudged on it in places and dust just about covered most of it.

Emi was still completely clueless to that fact that she didn't have her two signature katanas on her and would probably remain clueless for quite some time. She didn't take notice to some people walking past her and looking at her like she was stupid or just childish. She didn't care what people thought of her as she just kept at the rolling about. She was a hyper individual despite having been out to sea without any food for the last day or so. For now she would continue rolling about until realization set in to actually get up and go get something to eat rather than exclaim about it.

Her rolling about seemed to have caught another certain individual's attention and deemed worthy to walk up to. She didn't seem to notice him at all at first as was in her own world but her attention wasn't all that hard to get. She rather liked to be able to talk to people and so all it too was to just strike up a conversation with the rolling about girl. She stopped in midroll when she heard the sound of a guy's voice say hello then ask if she was okay. She couldn't see who had said this with the way she had stopped rolling and rolled onto her back so she could look up at him.

Bright green eyes examined the boy who had decided to stop and greet her and grinned up at him. This was her way of responding to him asking if she was okay instead of blurting out that she was she just grinned at him. It was simple enough a gesture that he should be able to figure it out since she would know what it meant if she were him but she wasn't. The blonde didn't seem to be from around but something about him was pretty familiar. She may not have been on an island for a while but she was pretty sure she had seen his face somewhere else.

Emi noticed him look over to the little boat that she had sailed up to the island in and then look back at her. She was curious as to what he might be thinking about such an odd girl as herself and the condition of her little fishing boat. Just then he asked her if she had just sailed in from the ocean and continue to ask that question that would make any girl who had had no food in a few days want to kiss a guy! She jumped up after hearing the question leave his mouth and hugged him out of seemingly nowhere. If he needed any help in anyway she would pay him back a whole bunch plus interest if he just showed her somewhere she could eat!

"I'm starving!" Emi said with the widest grin. "I haven't eaten in days!" She continued still completely forgetting about her weapons; it'd be best if she didn't need them but who knows.

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"Boss."

"Yes?"

"Seems there is something worth checking out on this island after all."

A blonde woman who looked to be in her early twenties walked away from the Den Den Mushi that she had been previously talking into. She had received a call from someone within the dock town that there was a catch right there in the town itself. They or at least her sister and her had not been expecting there to be anything worth doing in the town when they had landed there. Her boss had thought different and his great senses had yet again not let him down. He always seemed to be right about these things and that's what kept her from speaking her mind on the matter several times.

The younger of the two walked into the room after hearing her older sister begin to speak to their boss. She was about to get called into the room anyway so might as well be a step ahead of their boss when she could then again it was such an obvious thing. She knew the way her boss worked and they were always sent out first anyway. It was only the tougher 'clients' that got to meet the boss before being brought back to the ship. If her sister and her couldn't handle the job then their boss would gladly step in but otherwise he liked to sit and watch from a nice vantage point on their ship.

"What's the 'client's' name then?"

"Kaito Akiyoshi."

[lily]

As Emi stopped rolling Kaito sorta had a questioning look to her as h was wondering if he had said something wrong. He didn't have much experience with women so he usually said something wrong that resulted in a slap or someone walking away from him and it definitely didn't help that he was a very high wanted man. "Hello?" he said once more as he pulled his goggles off of his eyes and placed them on his forehead so he could get a better look at the girl. She seemed to have a similar theme to him as she was generally sporting all green and also wore goggles.

As she finally turned over and layed on her back to face Kaito and smiled Kaito smiled back at her. He was glad she didn't seem hostile...it kinda stunk having a bounty a lot of the time cause regardless of your intentions people always thought you were bad. As he asked if she was hungry he immediately saw her face light up more than it even was before and she suddenly jumped up and hugged him to which Kaito almost fell over. He tried to hide the mechanical parts of his body such as the furnace in his chest but with Emi on him she would obviously feel the huge lump and metal on her. "I'm starving!" she said with a huge grin "I haven't eaten in days!" Kaito smiled and laughed a bit as he rubbed the back of his head. "Well I just finished up a job so..perhaps you want to go get something? I've been here for a while so..I know a good tavern to eat at...it'll be my treat!" he then looked down at her small fishing boat and said "Then perhaps we can do something with...that." he then began to walk towards the Tavern that he had helped fix the man's boat from saying "After all...I am a shipwright." he winked at her and laughed as he entered the tavern with the intention of her knowing to tag along.
Once he entered he was greeted by multiple voices saying "Welcome!" he then walked over near a two person table at a window and sat down awaiting service.

[Izananana!]

Emi seemed to have confused the poor guy when she had stopped rolling as a questioning look came upon his face. He said hello to her again as he pulled a pair of goggles off of his eyes placing them on his forehead. She seemed to have completely missed the goggles that he had been wearing even though they had been covering his eyes and this made her smile again. Another goggle head just like her! On her journey thus far she had yet to meet another person that liked to wear goggles like she did and so it was always a treat to meet them.

He had returned the smile when she had first beamed at him and almost seemed relieved about something. She was still pretty certain that she had seen him somewhere especially now that she could see his entire face but couldn't place where. It would probably be something that would bother her until she was further distracted from it or finally remembered. It would most likely be the former that would happen before anything else as she was already distracted. She could be very easily distracted,which had been yet another reason her grandparents had disagreed with her leaving the island.

It seemed from the force of her hug or rather the force of her jumping up to hug him had almost knocked him over. If she would have done so she would have laughed and apologized but it didn't so didn't have to do that. It took her a few minutes to even notice something odd about him because she was really thinking about food. She stepped back from her once she was done hugging him in gratitude and just kind of stared at him with a finger on her chin. There was something strange about him but she was still far to distracted to even put her finger on it or even care really.

Emi beamed back at him when he smiled and listened to what he had to say as he rubbed the back of his head after laughing a bit. It appeared that he had been working out on the dock in this horrible heat. That poor guy! She nodded energetically when he asked if she wanted to go get something to eat since he had just finished a job. He said that he had been there for a while probably referring to the island and that he knew good tavern they could go eat at. He then spoke the magic words that she could not refuse no matter what and she just squealed in excitement.

"Oh! Thank you!!" Emi said in excitement as he had told her that it'd be his treat.

Next he looked back at her little fishing boat and said something about doing something with it. She wasn't sure what he meant by doing something with it since she had kept it in relatively good condition, minus the food scraps about it. He had began to walk in the direction of the town by this time and so she hurried off after him. She was still pondering the reason why anyone would want to harm her lovely little fishing boat that she had been given by the townspeople. This was distracting her from the fact that she still had forgotten to grab her katanas from her boat and was now completely weaponless.

The green haired girl's face seemed to light up though with the next thing that he said and she seemed to be even more excited now. He was a shipwright and she knew exactly what that meant. This brought on even more questions as to if maybe he was a pirate or would be willing to be one. She needed to get started on making her dream of being a pirate captain coming true and he would be the start! She would make sure of it!

The two of them walked into the tavern that he had lead her too and he was greeted by several people saying welcome. He had been right about being there for a while because no normal person got that kind of greeting. She just followed him over to the two person table by a window that he had walked to and sat down. She was completely oozing with all kinds of questions to ask him about being a shipwright and what not. She almost couldn't control the ability of wanting to ask them all at once but she remembered her manners and settled on the most reasonable first one.

"So! What is your name Mr. Shipwright!?" Emi asked him with a grin as wide as it could possibly be on ones face. "Oh Yeah! I'm Emi Roromiya!!" She continued remembering what her mother had taught her.

[lily]

Kaito smiled as Emi called him Mr.Shipwright he wasn't that old to be called Mr but the fact that she was so respectful about him he laughed a bit and said "Emi..." after she told him her name and began to think if he had ever heard it before but he actually hadn't. As she asked for his name Kaito's face scrunched up a bit "My name is...Kai. Good to meet you!" he said with a nervous smile because of being a wanted man he couldn't really just go around telling people his real name. So he quickly changed the subject "So Emi...tell me about yourself...what brings you to Woonan?" For Kaito his shipwright work brought him all over the place so ending up on an island like this wasn't uncommmon. However he couldn't imagine Emi being a shipwright or something like that.

So as the server came over and said "Kai! Welcome back! And hello there!" she said adressing Emi who she hadn't seen before "The usual Kai? Extra burnt?" she said with a smile and wink as Kaito gave her a thumbs up and said "Ah Missy! You know me too well...but perhaps get a menu for Emi here?" The server known now as Missy walked over to the bar and pulled a menu from somewhere before bringing it back to Emi and saying "We also have two specials today that are limited time only. We have a Bananawani Meal made from a very good quality of Bananawani. And also some freshly caught Takoyaki. Feel free to take your time and then call me over! I'll go get your meal Kai." she said smiling and walking off. Kaito turned to Emi and said "Don't be hesitant! It's my treat so order anything and as much as you'd like!"

[Izananana!]

Emi had only decided to call him Mr. Shipwright because that was the only she could possibly do. She hadn't gotten his name yet and didn't know anything about him besides being a shipwright. If anything she could have called him a goggle head since he was wearing goggles but she didn't want to make him mad. She was going to ask if he was a pirate after all and if he was hope that he'd want to join her crew. She didn't want to ruin the chance to have her first crew member and someone that had such an important job as far as she had heard.

The green haired girl had yet to make it in anything as she had just started her journey. She wasn't normally that much harm to things or people unless she got caught up in a fight. She didn't have to worry about that either even though she had her katanas that usually drove away the thugs who wanted to steal from her. She wasn't known as a pirate yet so she could easily walk past the Marines without a problem. She still got a bit nervous when walking past them as most people would if they were a pirate.

He introduced himself as Kai and said that it was nice to meet her. She smiled widely not knowing that it wasn't his real name. Yet another reason why her grandparents didn't want her to leave; she was too trusting. Even with it not being his full name something about it and his appearance made her keep trying to think of who he was. It was on the tip of her tongue and she'd probably end up remembering when it wasn't the greatest time.

Emi returned her attention to Kai as she heard him began to ask her something else. He wanted to know a bit about her and what had brought her to the island or that's what she assumed. She didn't know what island she had landed on so her only guess could be that it was this Woonan that he had just spoken about. Nothing in particular had brought her to the island that was for sure and it wasn't her that brought her to the island either. She had only came upon the island by chance and luck as she didn't know how to navigate nor did she had a map.

"The wind and currents brought me here!" Emi said sounding a bit stupid with this simple answer but that had been her best answer. "Nothing but dumb luck that I happened to land on this island." She continued managing to explain what she had meant better.

It was right around that time that a woman walked over and started talking to Kai then said hello to her. She just simple nodded her head energetically in response to the woman and listened as the two conversed. It would be rude if she just jumped in without warning and even if she was a pirate she knew her manners. He must have been there a long time because she already knew what he wanted to eat and he gave her a thumbs up then told her to get a menu for her. The server walked away at this probably to fetch a menu for her and when she came back she handed her the menu, which she took with a huge grin on her face.

Emi started to look at the menu and listened as the server began to tell her the things on their special for that day. She told her to take her time then call her back over when she was ready to order and went off to get Kai's food. He turned and looked at her telling her to not be hesitant since it was his treat and to order anything as well as much as she wanted. That was like magic words to her but she never did eat all that much. She knew what she wanted though since she happened to like one of the specials that she had said and so that was what she was going to get.

"Alright! I'm all ready now!" Emi said with a smile. "So what brings you here to the island, Kai?" She asked as she waited for the server to come back to there table so she could order.

[lily]

Kaito listened to Emi speak what seemed to be a million words a minute. He tended to not speak as much as he did when he originally set out from his home due to having participated in several major incidents including the War of the Best and came out alive. It also didn't help that he had the highest current active bounty in the East Blue and almost the biggest one in history of the Blue only being beaten out by Mugiwara no Luffy who he had seen at Marineford for the first time but had heard about tons of his aspects before.

As she asked what he been brought to the island for he answered fully and truthfully rather than telling her his name since his job wasn't that much of a big deal than his name since it would reveal his bounty and as much as he didn't believe Emi was a Marine you could honestly never tell since not all of them wore the WG insignia on their outfits. After he finally started to speak Missy came back with his plate of extremely burnt food which was completely charred as if he had just put it in open flame and let it sit for a few minutes. She then took Emi's order and hurried off to go and get it as Kaito spoke before eating since he didn't want to be rude and would not eat before Emi. He then cleared his throat and spoke trying to ignore the aroma of the food in front of him that really only he would find appealing due to his abilities. "Well Emi...since i'm a Shipwright my work takes me all over the Blues..and sometimes even in the Grand Line." he said with a smile "Woonan just happens to be a very active place for Marines, Pirates, and simple travellers to come through so i've been getting a lot of business...way more than back home." he said as he took his napkin and placed it on his lap before Missy came back with Emi's order and placed it in front of her saying "Enjoy the meal!" as Kaito smiled and nodded before turning to Emi and said "Dig in before it gets cold!"

[Izananana!]

Emi was one of those people who could carry a conversation until the end of time especially if she was allowed to. She never did stay on the same topic all that long unless it was something that interested her though. She liked to ask questions and learn things about people even though it all could be lies. She was way to naive according to her grandparents and that could probably get her killed. It didn't matter though as she would never change and she would always have her trusty katanas on her.

The thought still hadn't came to her about not having them on her though. She wasn't really paying all that much attention to her hip that they rested on but the fact that she might get her first crew member. Kai was a shipwright but she still didn't know whether he was a pirate or maybe a shipwright for the Marines. She had to be careful about how she approached the question though because if he was a Marine he might try to arrest her. She hadn't done anything like destroy a town yet but that didn't mean that the Marines wouldn't try to arrest her for being a pirate though.

She still hadn't gotten a flag to fly off the tiny mast on her little fishing boat either. She wasn't sure what she'd do for that part of her crew but she knew it had to be awesome. That was one less thing to make her appear to be a pirate too. The waitress came back to their table delivering his burnt to a crisp food and taking her order of Takoyaki with her. She stared at the food that had been brought to Kai for a second or longer and then looked back up at him curious about it.

"Your food is burnt?" Emi said in a tone that was questioning him as well. "Why would you order your food like that?" She continued asking about his order because she was curious.

Emi was distracted from this, however, when he cleared his throat and started to answer her earlier question. He told her that his job as a shipwright took him all over the blue and sometimes even the Grandline. The mention of that very word caused her eyes to widen with excitement and a grin to develop on her face. He said that the island that they were currently on had a lot of traffic from Pirates, Marines, and regular ol' travelers who he got business from. She seemed to be stuck on the word Grandline though and almost completely missed when her plate of Takoyaki was placed in front of her.

The smell of it, however, got her attention for the most part. She was still stuck on the Grandline but now she had the thought of food in her head too. She nodded at both Kai and the waitress with that silly grin still on her face and started to eat her food. She tried her best to restrain how fast she was eating but it was hard since she hadn't had anything to eat for a while. She completely emptied her plate within at least 5 minutes and was full after eating it all. She was pretty tiny in size so it didn't take much food to fill her up at all.

"So you've been to the Grandline!?" Emi asked in excitement. "You definitely have to join my crew now!!!" She continued completely forgetting about whether he might be a Marine or not as well as not having mentioned having a crew either; she seemed to have forgotten all this when he said Grandline.

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The had been sent out to scout as she always did while her big sister stayed behind to plan things out. She didn't like having to listen to her big sister all the time but she had too or the boss would have her head. He was probably watching from their ship by now so she couldn't dilly dally or he'd punish her later. She had the baby Den Den Mushi strapped to her belt so that she'd be able to report to her sister as she looked for their target. According to her sister the person who had told them about him said that he usually hangs out at the tavern not that far from the docks.

He was known to be a shipwright or so that's what she had heard about him so that made sense. Stay close to the docks to get jobs repairing ships and what not. Her big sister also had told her that he wasn't going by his real name obviously trying to cover up the fact that he was wanted with a hefty bounty on his head. She spotted the tavern in question and entered it casually looking around at the same time to see if she could find him. Her eyes didn't land on him right away but she soon spotted him and walked over to the bar to sit down.

Years of doing this kind of work told her to leave him alone until the right moment. Her big sister knew that she had went to that tavern first and if she didn't call back any time soon then that meant she found him. As soon as her plan was done she would show up at the same tavern and they would set to work. They had to make sure to get him outside first so they wouldn't destroy the tavern in the process or hurt innocent people. She wasn't sure how to talk to her sister about the girl sitting with him though but she figured that she wasn't wanted or else she would have recognized her. She didn't seem to have any weapons on her so she was probably a citizen that had taken a liking to their 'client'. For now she would just sit and wait for her big sister to show up.

"Rum please."

[lily]

"Your food is burnt? Why would you order your food like that?" Kaito smiled at the question he was generally used to people asking him questions like that. Since he happened to be a Coal Man he didn't find it odd but most people who didn't know that would find it strange so as he took his fork and stuck a piece of his food in his mouth while Emi scarfed down hers he chewed slowly, swallowed and said "Well...have you by any chance heard of a thing called a Devil Fruit?" he kept his voice quieter than normal at this statement as most people who weren't blessed with one but had heard of one thought Devil Fruits brought nothing but trouble and were really things that gave the person the power of the devil.

He looked around to make sure no one was paying attention and reached across the table to take Emi's hand in his. He then did something that he thought she would think as miraculous when he turned his hand into Coal and then back again in manner so she could see but if anyone else did they would think they were seeing things. He then said softly "I ate the Kuwaa Kuwaa no Mi...i'm a Coal Man." he said with smile and wink as he went back to eat his food he was suddenly startled by Emi's sudden outburst saying "You've been to the Grand Line?! You definitely have to join my crew now!!" Kaito blinked and stared blanky at Emi for a few moments before placing his hand over his face and bursting out laughing for a good minute before he said "How did you even know I was a Pirate?" he then cleared his throat and reached up his sleeve "Keep your voice down but here.." he said quietly as he took out the picture of his Bounty poster and slid it over to Emi which is read WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE:"Furnace" Kaito Akiyoshi 27,000,000 Beri he then said to Emi who had asked him so suddenly "So..if you're a captain...how many crew members do you have?" he then took another piece of his burnt meal and stuck it in his mouth munching on it waiting for Emi's imminent loud outburst.

[Izananana!]

Within the time that it had taken her to eat her food, Kai had only taken and swallowed a tiny bit of his own food. It wasn't until he had finished this bite that he decided to explain why he was eating his food burnt to a crisp. It was a very odd way to eat ones food if you asked her. He asked her if she had ever heard of a thing called a devil fruit and she gasped rather loudly at that. He may have been being rather quiet about it while he talked but there wasn't something within her brain that told her to keep quiet.

A quiet Emi would probably equal the destruction of the world or maybe something less dramatic like her being sick. If things were quiet where she was then she was either sick or dead and neither was a good thing. She was never quiet and that was how her mother knew when she wasn't home or was up to no good. She would become extremely quiet when she had done something bad and even though she knew that gave her away she couldn't help it. So quiet would never be a good thing with her around and in a way it would also be a good thing because then her crew mates would know something was wrong.

"Yes! I know what they are!" Emi said with a grin on her face.

Of course the green haired girl knew what devil fruit were if she didn't by now then she'd be considered slow. She was out to sea where devil fruits weren't all that uncommon and she had also ate one as well. She hadn't done it on purpose though because she had heard from her teacher that they tasted gross. She didn't like to eat things that didn't taste good but had trusted those bullies from her childhood. She still didn't have any ill will towards them but she had gained her devil fruit powers from their tricks and her being naive.

Emi watched as he looked around probably making sure no one was paying attention and reached across the table taking her hand in his. She just tilted her had at this and waited to see what he was going to do. She watched as his hand turned into coal before turning back to normal and told her that he ate the Kuwa Kuwa no mi as well as that he was a Coal man. That was so cool! That meant he had a logia type of fruit user, which she had read about after she ate her devil fruit. He smiled and winked at her as he went back to eat his food but she seemed to startle him before he could.

That was just the kind of person she was and so when someone mentioned something that interested her she'd get excited. She just sat there eagerly awaiting his reply and a curious look came up on her face as he burst into laughter. He had blinked and stared at her before doing so but then he just went into a fit of laughter and she was curious to know why. It took him a minute before she got her explanation in the form of a question as he asked how she even knew he was a pirate. Oh wait! She was supposed to be careful about asking him if he was one or not and not give away that she was a pirate too! Oh well!

"Oops! That wasn't subtle at all was it!" Emi said with a slight nervous look on her face. "Um. Actually I didn't. But now I do!" She continued with a grin on her face again.

She heard him clear his throat then reach up his sleeve and he told her to keep her voice down. She slapped a hand over her mouth and stared down at the paper that he pushed towards her on the table. It was a wanted poster and she suddenly realized why he had looked so familiar to her. She had saw his wanted post hanging up on the last island she had been on and she had thought it was amazing how high his bounty was! It was amazing that she was eating lunch with him and he started to inquire about how many people were in her crew before taking another bite of his food. Too bad she didn't have any crew members yet!

"Um." Emi began and started to count on her fingers pretending that she might actually have a few people in her crew already. "None. You would be the first if you joined." She continued deciding it was probably best not to lie.

"Which is why you just have to join it!!"

[lily]

"Yes! I know what they are!" by the way Emi said this it was obvious that she had some experience in them personally and hadn't just read about them somewhere which was good so Kaito wouldn't have to explain about the whole thing which could get repetitious after doing it a hundred times. As he asked her how many people were on her crew and she began to count her fingers as if she had tons he expected her to say something like 5 or 6 but instead she said "Um. None, you would be the first if you joined." Kaito gave her a look of doubt as she said this but then she finished off with a "Which is why you just have to join it!" Kaito sorta just stared for a moment before sighing and saying "And i'm guessing that Dinghy would be your ship?" It was posed as a question but more of a one he answered himself and he then reached over to take back his bounty poster before he placed money and stood up saying "I think i'll have to refuse. It wouldn't be good for me to join a no name crew with a high bounty like mine." he then turned around and headed for the door preparing to walk out and go back to his shipwright work.

[Izananana!]

Emi sat there eagerly awaiting for Kaito's answer to her question and could do nothing but hope that he would say yes. She was wanting so badly to actually begin getting her crew together and asking someone was only the beginning. From what she knew the first person in the crew was usually the first mate so then Kaito would definitely be her first mate. This thought made a smile come to her face and now she was grinning as she waited. She was, of course, by this point not expecting him to even refuse to be in her crew so she was pretty much giving her hopes up.

She kind of tilted her head to the side when she heard him sigh after staring at her for a moment and ask her if that fishing boat was her ship. She was a little confused at first as she wasn't sure what was wrong with it. She still thought it was the best ship for a crew just starting out but she would always want a bigger ship and maybe with a wolf ship head. She nodded her head slowly answering his question and the grin on her face seemed to have shrunk a fraction or two. It wouldn't be noticeable though as it was hardly any compared to it before.

The green haired girl watched as he took back his wanted poster and place some money on the table. If she wasn't a bit confused before now she was just utterly confused. She watched as he stood up and the grin faded from her face as he actually answered her question this time. Wait he was refusing her request to join her crew? He explained it to her but she wasn't even really sure that that meant. She didn't know if he was insulting the crew or was just a really nice guy who didn't want to ruin her crew's reputation at the very beginning of its life.

He had stood up by this point and turned around to head out of the tavern. He wasn't out of the tavern yet but he certainly was about to leave it and she just kind of sat there awkwardly. She was very confused as to why he didn't want to join her crew because she thought that it was going to be awesome. It took her a moment but she stood up from the table as well just as he was heading for the door most likely back to just repairing ships. No! She wasn't going to give up she would get him to join her crew no matter what!

"No! I can't accept that!" Emi exclaimed with an actual a bit of a stern tone. "That's no reason to not accept!" She continued even though she still didn't understand the reasoning behind it.

Her being was full of being stubborn and not taking no for an answer! She wasn't going to let him refuse unless she fully understood what he had meant or he ran away. She was going to get her crew started up on this island whether he liked it or not and she wasn't going to start with a refusal! Even if he just walked out of the building after her outburst she'd just follow him until he finally accepted it. She just couldn't give up when it was only the beginning besides she was a lot stronger than that!

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Crap! She had to do something before he got away! She would get into so much trouble if she let him walk out of the tavern before her big sister could get there. She needed to think of something and figure out a way to communicate with her big sister. If she let him walk out of the tavern then they may never find him on the island again and then their boss would have her head. She dropped some coins onto the bar so that she could pay for the rum she had order but she hadn't even touched it.

The sound of the coins hitting the bar were like gunshots after the girl had finished yelling at their target. The tavern had gotten so quiet after she had exclaimed that the noise she had made with the coins were so loud. Almost everyone laid eyes on her including the green haired girl for like a split second then her eyes were back on Kaito again. She probably already messed up with as much noise she had just made and he would probably look right at her from it. If there were any brains in his head he'd notice that she hadn't even drank a single bit of her rum but had paid for it anyway. She was suspicious enough from that but if you brought in her weapon as well then it didn't help and that she was leaving at the same time as him. She just froze up and bit her lip as she waited to see if he would even notice if she was lucky then he wouldn't.

[lily]

As Kaito exited the bar he heard Emi begin to follow and her loud exclamation about him needing to join. So he turned around and looked into the bar noticing Emi standing and everyone staring at her. He then noticed the other woman in their who seemed to have ordered something but hadn't bothered to pay for it. He saw that she looked at him so he smiled at her as he could figure she was obviously not a normal person. He simply looked at Emi and frowned before turning and leaving to which she followed and seemingly wouldn't just leave him alone so he stopped walking and turned around before taking his fist and bonking Emi pretty hard on the head saying "Leave me alone!" He stopped moving and stood there "If I wanted to have a weak captain I would just pick a random person on the street for a crew." he crossed his arms and stood there saying "If I join you my bounty will go up and your life will be in danger..how do I even know you can handle yourself?" he said as he raised a finger pointing to the ocean "You don't know how dangerous the world is out there...i've been to the Grand Line people out there are hella strong...i've even been in the War of the Best and seen the 3 Admirals, Shichibukai, Rookies, and even Whitebeard in person..." he then turned around saying "I don't know how you can...survive out there."

[Izananana!]

Emi had at least accomplished getting his attention but that was only half of what she had been looking for. She still wasn't completely sure how to get him to actually get him to accept her offer to join her crew. She wasn't sure exactly what made her so determined to have him in her crew but it was probably because of his experience. He was a shipwright and had been to the Grandline so that meant he had some. Once her crew actually made it to the Grandline, he'd be able to advise them about things that they may be unsure about if it didn't already get her attention that is.

He looked at her and as he did so a frown came to his face. Her eyes narrowed as he just simply turned back around to leave her behind in the tavern but she followed after him. She was determined to get him to join her crew and so that meant for her to be a complete pest by following him around the island. Her blind determination almost made her run right into him when he came to another stop and turned around to face her again but this time he pulled his arm back to bonk her on the head. She was pretty strong but hit stung a bit and she squeezed her eyes shut but stood her ground.

"Ow! What the hell!!" Emi exclaimed as she rubbed the spot on her head when he had hit her. "What was that fo-"

The question that was forming on her lips fell short as she heard him tell her to leave him alone and she just stared at him. She realized that he for one had just hit a girl not like pirates were fair or anything and for two who hit people to tell them to leave them alone! She wasn't irritated yet though if only just the tiniest bit of annoyed by it but just stayed there. Besides it didn't seem like he was through talking to her either and so the more she heard him speak the more the irritation just added up. Wait just a second! A weak captain! She was no such type of captain that was for sure and since he had such a big bounty it should have been obvious when she wasn't knocked away by his punch just then.

It seemed though that he wasn't done yet and after he crossed his arms he just continued on. She wanted so badly to just step in on the conversation and defend herself and most importantly her pride. He was stepping all over it and leaving her feeling slightly winded as kept going. She didn't remove her eyes from him even as he pointed out at the sea and listened as he told her that she didn't know how dangerous the world was out there after wondering if she could even handle herself. He went on to say that he had been to the Grandline and ran into people who were really strong as well as that he took place in that war that happened not too long ago.

In all honesty, if she wasn't already irritated with him he would have just been encouraging her with his words. He wasn't really discouraging her from leaving him alone though cause now she was just mad at him and wanted very to to slay his sorry self. She knew that he was most definitely stronger than her but that wouldn't stop her since she seemed to run on determination. He finished up his little speech by turning away from her and saying he wasn't sure how she could survive out there. That last sentence just sounded like some crappy break up line and that just made her a tiny bit more mad.

"Don't know what's out there, huh?" Emi said as she looked down at the ground but plenty of irritation showed in her voice. "Don't know how dangerous it is out there, huh?" She continued with the same stern voice as before while clenching her fists.

"My father died out there on the ocean but not before he was a great pirate! He fought several intense battles and was never home not one single time! I know exactly what is out there and what's out there is the same adventures he sought after and what killed him is out there! But I'm stronger than that! I survived 2 days without food! I've survived training with my master to become a swordswoman! To learn the two sword style! I know what it takes to survive!"

Emi had already looked back up at his back as she began her own speech defending her pride. She wasn't just some weakling that could be walked all over and she knew that more than anyone else could ever hope to! She had been bullied as a child but she never let it bug her and even when she went off to train she never once complained. She fought to stay alive because she wanted to be a pirate like her father and he hadn't been just some little pirate either! He had sailed the Grandline and made it to the New World! Some where towards the end of this she had started growl but she wasn't using her devil fruit powers yet. She was still rather forgiving but if he continued to try to ridicule her then she'd go wolf although she still failed to notice she didn't have her swords on her.